Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we won't be meeting again now until after Christmas, but I wanted to ensure everyone certainly the work will continue. Mr. Speaker, I've decided to put together a little wish list for Premier Santa and the Members of his workshop that I'd like to see accomplished and hopefully when we get back in February, we'll be discussing a positive change to those items.
The list, Mr. Speaker, would be way too long, and I wouldn't have time in my Member's statement to say them all, but I will highlight a couple, Mr. Speaker:
First of all, I wish for relief for the people of Norman Wells with the issue they're having with the cost of living and their crisis with fuel, as my colleague from the Sahtu has mentioned;
Mr. Speaker, a solid plan to ensure we stand by our commitment, again, to prioritize housing for all the residents in the Northwest Territories;
That we continue to provide action to support and curtail the ongoing drug crisis that many of our communities are facing, Mr. Speaker;
That we see meaningful action to deal with the issue facing and our continuing health care crisis, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank my colleagues for this week. It's been a trying couple of weeks, obviously, in this House. I'd like to thank them for their hard work, their dedication, and their passion as we work through the issues, we work through the capital budget and other things that we've had to do this session.
I'd like to say certainly a Merry Christmas to all our staff, to my colleagues here, to the residents of Inuvik and the residents of the entire Northwest Territories, and I look forward to getting home, doing some work in my constituency, and seeing everyone again. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Inuvik Boot Lake. Members' statements. Member from Yellowknife North.
