Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to rise today to inform the House that Millbrook, a village located in the riding of Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, will be celebrating the 150th year of its agricultural fair.
Agricultural fairs were first established to provide service and education to the second and succeeding waves of settlers. It was where they acquired needed supplies, livestock, seeds and the knowledge of how to gainfully put them to use. The Millbrook fair has taken this concept and used it to become one of the most successful agricultural fairs in the region.
These are special times for the community as we near the beginning of the new century. By any standards the Millbrook Agricultural Society's annual fair is a grand old lady. She continues to reflect the past while inspiring the future.
I would invite all Canadians to this wonderful occasion of the 150th Millbrook fair to be held June 11 to 13. I wish the residents of Millbrook all the best in making their 150th fair the best yet.