Mr. Speaker, what a year it has been for Saskatchewan.
In May we witnessed the election of a strong, stable Conservative majority government, ready and willing to implement promises it made in the election.
This was followed by the Saskatchewan Party's landslide election win, in which the socialists were reduced to nine seats.
Saskatchewanians are very high on the future. They see marketing freedom for its wheat and barley producers as just around the corner; freedom which would give them access to world grain prices, if they so choose.
The view of our free trade deals in Latin America are models with which trade deals in Europe and Asia can be structured, access to markets which would fuel Saskatchewan's economic boom well into the future.
The new Saskatchewan has changed dramatically for the better. No longer does it demand increases in federal handouts, as in the case of the previous NDP government. We now promote our natural wealth and our entrepreneurial spirit as a means of increasing our prosperity.
This is the new Saskatchewan, proud of its place in Canada, and proud of its growing economic and political power.
The year 2012 will be full of challenges. However, in Saskatchewan, it will be full of opportunities.
On behalf of my constituents, merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to all.