Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too am honoured to take the opportunity to appreciate and show respect to the women across the Northwest Territories for their dedication, their hard work, their persistence and compassion to the people of the Northwest Territories. We all know women in our communities who take that role on, who are leaders, who are protectors, who are caregivers, who provide for the community. We do have a strong history in the Northwest Territories of female leaders past and present. In fact, we have two of them that sit in this House today. I appreciate working with them and the experience that they bring into the House and to the committee meetings,
As we celebrate the economic, political and social achievements and continue to work to empower women in the Northwest Territories, we’ve also got to understand that there are women out there that support people in the communities. As I said, they’re mothers, they’re caregivers, they’re grandparents who take care of their grandchildren, they’re single mothers who take the role of the father and the mother who provide for their young children, and we have strong elder women in leadership who continue to carry on the cultures, the traditions, the stories and the languages of the past as passed down to our generations and generations that are yet to come.
I just want to take the opportunity to also recognize, as we sit here in session for six weeks, the women who support our staff and support Members who sit in this House for long hours during the day and support them during these, I guess you’d call them hard times because they’re long meetings. We have to recognize those women who support our Members of this House and the staff of this House when we have these long days.
I’d like to take this opportunity to recognize one special lady and that’s my mother who is a very strong lady in her own right. I know she’s watching and I just want to say thank you for all that you’ve done for me. Mahsi cho.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. The Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.
