Mr. Speaker, great universities are a reflection of the communities from which they come, the faculty that teaches there and the students that attend them.
As I have often said in the House, the University of Manitoba is one of the greatest universities in the country, if not the world.
I rise today to honour two students, Claudia Hudspeth and Lisa Smirl who were recently awarded Rhodes scholarships. Claudia Hudspeth is a third year medical student who plans to pursue a program in developmental studies while at Oxford. Lisa Smirl is now a fourth year honour student in political studies and will study international relations at Oxford.
I wish to congratulate the two of them, their families, the faculty that taught them and the people of Manitoba.