Mr. Speaker, welcome to our parliamentary interns. The Parliamentary Internship Program is in its 25th year.
I welcome all these new young people. They are bright, hard working, energetic and highly motivated. They have made and continue to make a tremendous contribution to all of us. We wish them well as they celebrate their 25th year of providing service.
I have said before and I would like to say again that I wish I were in a position where I could facilitate that each member of Parliament who wanted such a young man or young woman to work with him or her would be able to do so.
I want to congratulate everyone who has supported them.
The private sector especially deserves a great deal of credit because with the support of government and with the young people it has created a program that is among the finest in Canada and perhaps throughout the world.
I thank all these young men and women.
Thank you all, young people, for your assistance.