Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I’d like to acknowledge the many performers that have gone down to the Olympics to showcase the Mackenzie Delta’s dancers and drummers.
Mr. Speaker, from Fort McPherson the Gwich’in Nation dancers, which consist of some 15 members from fiddlers such as Dennis Thompson and Michael Francis who are well known throughout the Northwest Territories, and also includes the Aklavik drummers and dancers who have showcased their drumming and dancing all over Canada and internationally. Part of the dance group includes some 12 youth and I think, Mr. Speaker, that shows how we’re passing on our culture and also retaining our dances in the Mackenzie Delta.
Mr. Speaker, these performers are the real ambassadors for the Northwest Territories with their performance and, more importantly, the carrying on of the culture and dances. On behalf of the people of the Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Speaker, they are showcasing the North and the Northwest Territories to the rest of the world and they make us all proud.
Mr. Speaker, I’d just like to congratulate each and every one of them and, more importantly, wish them all the best as they do their best to represent the Northwest Territories at the Olympics. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.
