Mr. Speaker, the Baffin Regional Youth Council is visiting the nation's capital this week. It is a great honour for me as a representative of Nunavut to be involved in youth issues.
Youth are the future of this country and of our part of Canada, which will officially be Nunavut on April 1, 1999. Some of the youth who form the Baffin Regional Youth Council today may very well be leaders in Nunavut tomorrow. I wish them good cheer and good luck in their future endeavours.
Next week is Aboriginal Awareness Week in Canada. Although we have made great strides in awareness of aboriginal issues, success stories and even problems in the last 10 years, we still have a lot of work to do in teaching all Canadians about many other issues related to all aspects of native culture, beliefs, lifestyles, hopes, aspirations and dreams.
I hope that next week every Canadian will make a special effort to get to know about aboriginal issues and that the dialogue will continue for better relations for all concerned.