Mr. Speaker, members must check out season two of Northern Tails on YouTube, a televised puppet show that is Yukon-created and Yukon-produced, which premiered last week in Whitehorse.
This season, the squirrels are definitely in charge of production. Ground squirrel Scout Perry and roving reporter Michael Jay the fox are helping kids find science on the screen and, in fact, everywhere they go outside. Discovery is in the magic of the bog, the tiny, windblown lives of mosquitoes or the peregrinations of the mighty caribou.
This boreal puppet mockumentary, produced by Shot in the Dark Productions, is silly enough for kids, but approved for adults. I thank creators Kelly Milner and her late father Bob Hayes for proving that high-quality, northern-made stories can reach audiences far beyond the Yukon.
As we learn with the puppets how local species are adapting to new climate realities, let us carry that spirit of curiosity and stewardship with us. I thank its creators for supporting the stories that teach us all how to better citizens of the wild.