Today is a special anniversary for us in the House of Commons.
It has been 83 years since the fire here in the House of Commons in the Centre Block.
I would like to draw to your attention that on the Table before us the symbol of our authority to make laws and to speak for Canadian people is the Mace. Today we have the wooden Mace which was used immediately after the fire of 1916. I thought you should know the reason why it is there today.