Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay homage to Yves de Roussan, one of the two Canadians killed on Swissair flight 111.
Mr. de Roussan was a regional adviser with UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. His wife and four children survive him.
The Canadian and international aid community and the developing world will miss him.
He began working with UNICEF helping street kids in Brazil. He worked with children on the front line with issues like AIDS and drug abuse. In Madagascar and Angola he headed emergency programs under extremely difficult conditions.
He was appointed regional adviser for youth programs in the former Soviet Union and central Europe.
Mr. de Roussan left behind a legacy of hope for deprived children in the world.
We have lost a great Canadian and an aid worker who has done our country proud around the world helping people and children in particular.