Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in the House to pay my respects to the communities in my riding who lost loved ones since November 2022. My home community of Tuktoyaktuk, Mr. Speaker, we lost one of our respected elders, retired longtime employee in the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, mechanic, Mr. Churchill Woelki Senior. His wife Dorothy Woelki, sons Churchill, Charlton, Brent, and daughters Emma and Shelly, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren, and beloved brothers and sisters. Our thought and prayers are with you.
Mr. Speaker, Ulukhaktok, Angus Elias, young man, husband of Gail, he's grandson of Albert and Shirley Elias. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
George Alinguk, beloved elder, retired, longtime employee of the hamlet of Ulukhaktok, wife Connie Alinguk, and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and other family members. Our thoughts and prayers.
Community of Paulatuk. Mr. David Rueben, beloved elder, respected by many in Nunakput. One of the last to use dog teams as a livelihood and as a young man, Mr. Speaker.
Also, my nephew. Travis Coyne. Thoughts and prayers go to MaryAnne and Josh in Whitehorse, Yukon, and my sister who is there right now with them, thinking of them, and our thoughts and prayers are with them all, Mr. Speaker, and all who lost loved ones across our territory and across the North. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Nunakput. Our thoughts and prayers are with your community and the whole region. I know we suffered a lot of losses throughout the holidays, and our thoughts and prayers are with the families and throughout the territory as well. Members' statements. Member for Tu NedheWiilideh.
