Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada and of the government, I wish to offer my sincere condolences to Gilbert Rondeau's family.
I had the opportunity to sit in this House when Mr. Rondeau was a member. He was a very active servant of the people and a member of the Social Credit Party, a political grassroots movement from Quebec.
As the hon. member for Shefford just said, he was a close colleague of the leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, Réal Caouette. For many years he served the people of Shefford to the best of his knowledge and his abilities. He was cheerful. He was a good family man, and I think he tried to properly serve the people who placed their confidence in him on several occasions.
I had the opportunity to appreciate the work of his daughter who, as you know, works here in the House of Commons and, in a certain way, carries on the work of her father who served the people. Serving the members of the House of Commons is a way of continuing the work started in Parliament by her father.
I know that another of his daughters, Nicole, also worked for the House of Commons and the Senate. Serving the Canadian Parliament is a little bit of a family tradition for the Rondeaus.
Again, I want to express to Micheline and to her siblings our deepest sympathy on the death of Gilbert Rondeau, a former member of Parliament.