Mr. Speaker, May 10 to 16 is Nursing Week. This is a time to stop and pay tribute to the work done by the women and men working on the front line in the health care sector.
In 1999, the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec has chosen a topical theme focussing on the ways that nurses improve care and the beacon of hope that they provide.
Whether it be hospital care, home care, instruction, or self care, nurses are constantly innovating and coming up with ways to improve the quality of services.
Their skills, their expertise, and their talent for sharing their knowledge have always made them top-notch professionals.
This week, and especially tomorrow, International Nurses Day, I urge parliamentarians and all members of the public to pay tribute to the work that nurses do and to thank them in some tangible way.