Mr. Speaker, on Saturday an extraordinary Canadian, Mr. Arthur Lee, stood up for his adopted country by boldly acting to save the war medals of poet Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Chiselled on the walls of the House of Commons are the words of the poem In Flanders Fields penned by John McCrae over 82 years ago:
To you from failing hands we throw the torch Be yours to hold it high.
Mr. Lee singlehandedly accomplished what the Liberals could not or would not. Mr. Lee saw value while the Liberal minister of heritage saw none. An important vestige of Canada's war history is now preserved.
I ask the House and gallery to recognize Mr. Lee's deed, to recognize his passing of the torch to the safety of our museums.
The veterans of Canada applaud his efforts.