Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, has had third reading.
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Mr. Clerk, will you ascertain if the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, the Honourable George L. Tuccaro, is prepared to enter the Chamber and assent to bills?
Mr. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, good afternoon.
I would like to thank you all for your good wishes last week when it was announced in this House and by Minister Valcourt in Ottawa that my term as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories has been extended for one more year, to May of 2016.
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I am very grateful and honoured in your confidence in my work as your Commissioner. I am glad to be offered a bit more time in this job and will do my very best to continue serving all Northerners with the dignity and professionalism required of this office.
It is important to acknowledge the recent passing of several long-term, prominent Northerners and to note that when we lose these elders, we have lost an important part of our northern history and it is up to us to remember and honour their wisdom, their lives and their very contributions to our territory and to our country.
