Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to recognize one of my constituents, Stephanie Rickard of Bracebridge. Stephanie is one of 25 Ontario youth selected to participate in the 1995-96 Canada World Youth Program.
Canada World Youth is a Canadian non-profit organization which operates youth exchanges between Canada and the developing countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Since its creation in 1971 over 42 exchange countries have been involved with a total of over 15,000 young people from Canada and exchange countries participating.
This year's program for Stephanie will run for a seven-month period with Egypt. She will spend the first half of the experience in Nova Scotia with 20 other Canadians and 21 young people from Egypt. From there the group will depart on the second half of their experience to Egypt where they will enjoy a reciprocal experience with their Egyptian host families.
I wish Stephanie and the other World Youth Program participants well as they embark on the experience of a lifetime.