Mr. Speaker, I speak today about one village in Canada, the village of Havelock, Ontario, home to 1,300 people.
This is a community which has faced up to difficult times with great success. This summer the village held its first “Rock `n Rail” festival to celebrate its heritage as a mining and railroad town. This event attracted thousands of visitors, including 4,000 who took the special train rides through eastern Peterborough county.
A few weeks later this same tiny community again hosted thousands, this time for the annual Havelock country music festival jamboree and trade show, which I described previously in this House. The jamboree is now one of the major celebrations of country music in eastern Canada.
The citizens of Havelock are an example to us all. Our thanks to them, especially those who worked so hard on these two events.