Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On my right is Kim Wickens, deputy clerk. On my left is Glen Rutland, clerk.

Colleagues, it has been over a year since Adam Yeadon passed away on the fire line while protecting his home community of Fort Liard. Family members, residents and fire crews led a small, private ceremony in Fort Liard in remembrance of Adam. Colleagues, He leaves behind a partner, a young daughter, dad, brother and sister. And many cousins and nieces and nephews.

I can tell you it weighs on us a lot of his passing, and it is my understanding that firefighters across the territory doing the same difficult work Adam did, are thinking of him and how he lost his life. When you hear the message...

Yes, I do.

Thank you, colleagues. I'd like to thank elder Jonas Lafferty for the opening prayer and reflections here today.

Colleagues, I'd like to thank Lillian Elias, the elder, for the opening blessing. As well, I'd like to thank our sergeant-at-arms for the last time bringing us in. So thank you very much, Floyd, for your great service to us.

Colleagues, Julie Capot-Blanc was born on February 11th, 1966, to Napolean and Mary Capot-Blanc from Fort Nelson, BC. She was the sixth child of ten siblings. Julie grew up in Fort Nelson when the family eventually moved to the town of Fort Nelson in 1973. The family love to tell the story about when she was four years old. She would constantly cry after her older siblings when they would head off to school. After a bit of time, they got tired of it and her sister Violet decided that she would take Julie to school to stop her from crying. They did without registering her, but Julie loved it...

I'd like to thank Karen Mitchell for the opening blessing. Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Good afternoon, colleagues. Today, I would like to celebrate the life of Stephanie "Sweet Pea" Squirrel. She was born on September 15th, 1988, to Loretta and Steve Squirrel. She was the youngest of five children.

Stephanie attended school in Fort Simpson. I can remember the first time I met her. It was in Grade 1, and she attended school with my daughter. It is interesting what you remember of youth when they are young. What struck me about Stephanie was her smile, energy, and willingness to always want to help her classmates. As she grew up, this was what people saw. She was always there...

Good afternoon, colleagues. Please join me in thanking Elder Annie Inuktalik for the opening words and blessing today.

Colleagues, it's great to be back in this House again today. I'd like to thank the deputy Speaker for taking the reins at the end of last week when I was attending the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's 44th Canadian parliamentary seminar in Edmonton. It was a wonderful program and I am thankful that I was able to attend on behalf of the House as well with the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

I would also like to take a few minutes to provide an update on some of my work over...

Good afternoon, colleagues. Robert Earl Hanna was born in the Hanna farmhouse on February 7th, 1938. The farm is located outside the village of Port Maitland, Ontario. He was the eldest of 4 children to Earl and Marion Hanna.

During his celebration of life, a couple of stories had us laughing, like the time he tried to cut a hole in his bedroom closet to make a secret passage to sneak out. His brother Larry told on him, which put a stop to those plans. As an older teenager he would sneak out his bedroom window by climbing down a tree and head into the town for some late-night adventures. His...