Mr. Speaker, time was when things like world-wide trading, industrial R and D, and innovation in management-worker relations were entirely in the hands of large multinational corporations.
Today increasingly we have the extraordinary phenomenon of tiny local companies working in the global marketplace living off their own technological innovations and developing creative and productive worker relations programs.
Peterborough Paper Converters is one of those. It has made great technological contributions to the coating of paper used for labels and postage stamps. Its employees are fully involved in company affairs and have developed their own systems software. Their products are exported around the world.
I know members of the House join me in congratulating the 100 or so employees of Peterborough Paper Converters on their 10th anniversary on 10 difficult but productive years. We wish these fine Canadians all the success they have earned in the years ahead.