Mr. Speaker, on September 3, Canada lost a great visionary in the person of Wilber Sutherland. He had a great gift for bringing people together so that they could express themselves in creative ways.
One of his projects was the national ad hoc interfaith working group's preamble to the Constitution, which reads in part:
We affirm that our country is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, the dignity of each person, the importance of family and the value of community.
We recognize that we remain free only when freedom is founded upon respect for moral and spiritual values and the rule of law in the service of justice.
Wilber is up for a nomination of an Order of Canada. I am hopeful that his name will be considered favourably.