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Many of you will remember that in the second year of Jean Chrétien's last term it was the golden jubilee of Her Majesty, her 50th anniversary as the Queen of Canada. Sheila Copps, then the heritage minister, and Jean Chrétien had a golden jubilee medal program. It was largely a success. We are going to revisit that, but we're actually, I think, improving on it.
As is always the case, there were just unforeseen challenges and problems with the golden jubilee program, which was overwhelmingly a success, but we've tweaked, upgraded, and fixed this. I think it'll be embraced by all members of Parliament going forward. The diamond jubilee is a very big part of our calendar in the next year in terms of identifying institutions that are important to Canada's past, present, and future. Members of Parliament will be involved in this. Those of you here who were members of Parliament in 2002, although I don't think there are many, actually--I think I'm the only one--will note that it was a great program.
As for what it is, basically, each of us as a member of Parliament is allocated a number of medals to give to Canadians of accomplishment in our districts. It will be a way for members of Parliament to draw up Canadians of great achievement who live in their districts and to highlight them and their accomplishments for your community and, by extension, for all Canadians.
The diamond jubilee program is quite broad in its scope. I'll have even more to say on it very soon. It will involve all members of Parliament of all parties in a very non-partisan way, as a way of celebrating the diamond jubilee and also making sure that Canadians have an opportunity to know other Canadians who have achieved great things for their community.