Mr. Speaker, the highly coveted personality of the year title granted by the Drummond chamber of commerce at the 14th business gala was awarded to two young people from Drummondville.
Marie-France Bourgeois, the first Quebecer and Canadian to get a degree in international development from Long Island College, is now working in Africa, for the United Nations World Food Program. This young woman of 33 was mandated by the UN to co-ordinate food distribution to 670,000 Hutu refugees in Tanzania. Given the highly troubled political context, she must act with efficiency and diplomacy to alleviate the plight of these people.
I also wish to congratulate Jean Guilbeault, who was also named personality of the year. He is the first Drummondville resident to be a member of the famous Snowbirds, this select team of pilots.
To those two young people who make us proud, I wish a rewarding career and may all their dreams be fulfilled.