Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to take a moment to address this, because the penny is in fact made in my riding of St. Boniface. The folks at the Royal Canadian Mint there have done a fantastic job in moving toward implementing these changes, etc.
But I do want to say, with regard to taking pennies out of Canadians' pockets, as suggested by Mr. Martin, on this side we don't do that. We are encouraging Canadians, and I want to put this on the record, to consider donating their pennies to charities. That is why I think it's so important that we did not do away with the value of the penny, because Habitat for Humanity and women's heart health and all these charities are going to benefit from people who want to discard their pennies, such as Mr. Martin. It really is going to go to a good cause.
I'm taking this opportunity to encourage Canadians to donate their pennies to these charities, because they really are good causes and can use the extra money--Mr. Martin included.
Thanks.