Mr. Speaker, Binney and Smith (Canada) may not be a household name to most Canadians. However, on closer inspection I am certain we will see otherwise.
The company got its Canadian start in 1926 and moved to Lindsay, Ontario, in 1933 and was renamed Canada Crayon Company. It was early in 1934 that it produced Canada's first Crayola crayons and in 1958 it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Binney and Smith Inc. and is the only current manufacturer of crayons in Canada.
And manufacture it does. Last year 185 employees produced over 150 million crayons and 30 million markers. It is a model of success which every company in Canada should follow. In 1992 the entire product line was named Toy of the Year by the Canadian Toy Testing Council. In September last year it was one of five companies to receive the outstanding business achievement award from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in recognition of outstanding achievement and business excellence.
We salute a great Canadian company, Binney and Smith (Canada) in Lindsay, Ontario.