I'm not talking about myself, but I appreciate my colleague for recognizing my hard work. I was talking about my constituents. I'd rather talk about them than myself because we have some incredible people there, Mr. Chair. You know it is really, for us, why we're fighting. This is why we're doing what we're doing. The comment was made earlier on that we're doing nothing. I think I've said that I would vehemently reject that comment. We are defending the voices of our electors, of all Canadians, and I think it's important that we're doing the work that we're doing today.
I have lots of notes, Mr. Chair. I want to talk about being a new member of Parliament. I had the incredible opportunity to work overseas. I mentioned before about representing our region on the world stage. I think the greatest honour that I've ever had in my life, aside from being called a dad, a father, or “faud”—I don't know why they call me “faud”, my daughter calls me “faud”—is serving the constituents of Cariboo—Prince George and, indeed, all of Canada.
Even before I was elected I wore a pin, whether it was a maple leaf or the little plastic doodad flags that always turn around upside down just at the wrong time, and when you get a picture taken, the flag is upside down. It's terrible.