Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to read that the Prime Minister was in Cernavoda, Romania for the inauguration of the Candu reactor.
When I was mayor of Saint John, the citizens played a major role in the development of that project. Thirty-eight senior staff members from Point Lepreau II and their families from greater Saint John moved to Cernavoda, Romania where they used their expertise to build the reactor to the same specifications as Point Lepreau II, the most modern and efficient Candu reactor in the world, which is located in my riding.
Hundreds of Romanians from Cernavoda travelled to Saint John where they were trained at Point Lepreau on how to run a Candu reactor. Throughout this project the people of Saint John and Quebec performed tremendous outreach in Cernavoda as they built a community centre and a day care centre. The Church of England built a hospital for babies born with AIDS that were abandoned.
There is a need for even greater outreach. I want to thank the Prime Minister for being there to experience firsthand the commitment which Canadians have made to assist in the development of a better nation for Romanians.