Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A couple of weeks ago I checked into a hotel in Gjoa Haven. What struck me at that time was a beautiful little puppy playing around by my window. It took me back a few years. Many things ran through my mind in that split second.

One thing that struck me most was the little puppy was so playful and energetic, running around with no rope attached. Then my mind wandered off to the consequences in the future of that little puppy; things like, what happens if things do not work out for that little puppy? Would it be a working dog pulling a sled with other huskies? Or would it be tied down artificially to the ground and physically and mentally abused by human beings, even by its own master?

Mr. Speaker, my point is that if the master of that beautiful little puppy does not make a right decision now, some very distasteful consequences in nature will happen to that puppy. What we do today, the kind of decision that we make today, is going to have a very strong impact on our young people of tomorrow. Thank you.

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