Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues in the NDP caucus, I would like to join with the members who have already spoken on behalf of other parties to pay tribute to the long and distinguished parliamentary career of Mr. Walter Harris and to pay tribute to a long and distinguished life in which we see success not only in the political realm but in his work as a lawyer and in his service to his country as a soldier.
I was particularly struck when I read that in 1940 as a newly elected member of parliament and as a family man with three children he nevertheless volunteered and went overseas for four years. He returned only after having been wounded and then volunteered to sell war bonds.
He was obviously a man of great character and distinction and we join with our colleagues in the House in paying tribute to him and expressing our condolences to his family.