Colleagues, today we have some rather special guests with us. In keeping with an initiative that I started in the last session, on your behalf I am inviting distinguished citizens of our nation to be with us. Today we have with us five members who were chosen by our national magazine Maclean's to be part of its honour roll.
If you would, I would like you to hold your applause. I am going to introduce the five recipients. We can all be justly proud of them and for what they were noted. At the end, if you would join me in saluting them on behalf of our Canadian citizens, I would appreciate it.
I would like you to recognize in the gallery Dr. Adolfo de Bold, whose medical research led to the discovery of a substance linked to the control of high blood pressure; the Right Hon. Brian Dickson, whom many of us have known for many years as Chief Justice of Canada from 1984-1990; Colonel Don Ethell, Canada's most decorated peacekeeper; Mr. Bill Kelly, one of our outstanding labour negotiators; and Mr. Arnold MacAuley, a search and rescue specialist. These are our distinguished Canadians.