Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d first like to say thank you to Yellowknife Centre. It’s a privilege and an honour to return to the riding as their representative. It was an honour enough to be elected once, but twice is quite a privilege, Mr. Speaker, as you know yourself. They have given me a mandate and I appreciate all the support given to me. The volunteers out there, it was quite inspiring to see how many we had come forward. I want to thank them especially because they gave up, as Mr. Bromley had pointed out, they gave up personal time, family time, sometimes even mealtime to make sure that they can get your work and your issues out there. So to them I say a special thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to start, although I have a lot of names I’d like to thank and, at the risk of missing a few, I do want to mention a number of special names that have helped considerably in my campaign. First to my wife, Susan. Without her blessing, there would have been no campaign. My two sons, McKinley and Hudson. Sometimes seeing me meant they had to come down to the campaign office and spend time with me there. To my parents, Terry and Kim. My dad put a lot of hours in in the evening to make sure the office was open just in case anybody came by, and there were and it was pretty exciting. They were huge supporters. Some very special people I wanted to highlight quickly: Mr. Ed Jeske, Ajjie Shaw, Jim Cheyne, Kathryn Youngblut, Zelma McCormick, thank you for your advice, your time, your ear. Cito Domingo, Chris Domingo; Mr. Domingo, thank you for going through my stuff, and to his wife, Chris Domingo, thank you as she often provided us cupcakes and it was quite nice. To Ruben Silverio, Larry and Hermie Pineda, Harley Crowe, Helen Kronstal, your friendship is touching and will always be appreciated. To John and Deb Simpson, your advice and encouragement is always wonderful. To Tina and Willie Rivera, Tim and Minda Hernandez, thank you for your friendship. Leanne and Luc at the Filipino store, thank you for making sure there was spring rolls always there for us. To Daryl and Cindy Dolynny, Jeff Corradetti and Coady Summerfield and Kristen Jenkins, thank you very much for your hard work.

Mr. Speaker, I’m going to close by saying thank you to the other three candidates in the riding. It was a spirited campaign and, as mentioned by Mr. Ramsay, it’s good to give the voters a choice. It was an excellent campaign and I want to thank them for the spirited opportunity. But to close with one comment, I’d like to thank everyone for their help. I will continue to work as hard as possible. I will continue to work as hard as ever to be known as a constituent MLA who works for everyone’s needs. Thank you for your time and thank you for your blessing. Thank you.

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