Mr. Speaker, it is nice to be back in the House of Commons. I wish to thank all my colleagues on both sides of the House and my constituents for their kind words of encouragement following my open heart surgery.
I also wish to thank Dr. Keon and his team at the Ottawa University cardiology center for the great care I received.
I assure you that I greatly appreciate Canada's health system and I am proud to serve in a government that does such a fine job of preserving it.