Mr. Speaker, on behalf of myself and my colleagues in the NDP I would like to join with others who have spoken in tribute to the late Mr. James Baskin, a former member of this House, who served from 1957 to 1963 and certainly had the privilege of one who was involved in politics and service in this House in a very interesting time.
I notice from what I have been able to read about Mr. Baskin since his death that he was the kind of person I would like to have known. I did not know him and very few of us here would know him, given that it was so long ago that he served in this place.
Obviously people who did not know him as colleagues in the House of Commons but who come from the area he lived and worked in as a member of parliament and as a businessman think very highly of him. I certainly regret that I did not have the privilege of knowing him.
We pay tribute to his career in the House and to the quality of his life and the obvious good impression he made on many people. We join with others in extending our sincere condolences to his family.