Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am grateful to be here and to take on this role and embrace the challenge that we have before us. I want to thank, first of all, my constituents of Yellowknife North for opening their doors to me on countless cold November days and sharing with me so many of their hopes and their fears and their frustrations, especially after what has been a very tough year for many. I truly learned so much. And even though I came in with my platform and my ideas, through those conversations I truly did learn and grow and shift and keep writing and keep changing some of my perspectives as I went along, and I hope to continue to do that throughout the life of this Assembly.
I want to thank my campaign team for supporting me literally every step of the way, walking to all those doors with me, and challenging me when I needed to be challenged.
And I also especially want to thank my partner Eric who has never failed to bring out the best in me, keep reminding me who I am and what I need to do to be the best that I can.
I want to congratulate our new Premier and our new Executive Council. I have full confidence that we're on a good track.
And I finally just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that 2024 will be a fresh start. I know there's many things that many of us want to leave behind in 2023. And so may 2024 bring all of us love and support from our family, our friends, and community members and our colleagues. May 2024 bring all of us safe and warm homes, good health. May it bring us clean air, clean water, healthy land. May it bring us successful harvest and hopefully a good berry year. May it bring us safe travels and may 2024 bring us joy and peace in our hearts. Mahsi. Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Yellowknife North. Member from Yellowknife Centre.
