Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I bring to the attention of the House the passing of a notable Canadian journalist and author, Dave McIntosh.
Mr. McIntosh served valiantly in World War II as a bomber navigator, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1946 he joined Canadian Press where, for the next quarter century, he earned a reputation as a remorselessly inquiring and rigorously honest journalist. He was a well-respected authority on defence matters and a delightfully mischievous reporter of Ottawa's and Parliament's foibles.
The Parliamentary Press Gallery honoured Mr. McIntosh when it named him an honorary life member as he left journalism. He published a number of books, including a lighthearted but chillingly honest account of his war service Terror in the Starboard Seat as well as a highly amusing collection of his governmental anecdotes Ottawa Unbuttoned .
We join his wife, Jean, his children, his grandchildren and his many friends in mourning the passing of an outstanding Canadian.