Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate a fellow member of the Women Entrepreneurs of Canada, Rossana Magnotta, executive vice-president of Magnotta Winery and president of Festa Juice for having been selected to represent Canada as one of the leading women entrepreneurs of the world.
As the only Canadian honouree, Rossana was one of 50 women business owners selected to attend the third annual gala and celebration in Monaco. The concept of an annual gala and celebratory events in a different international city each year was created to highlight the accomplishments of women business owners worldwide, their effect on the global economy and to showcase these women as role models.
Rossana Magnotta is certainly one of those role models. In eight years Magnotta Winery has become Ontario's third largest winery in terms of volume and sales. It has also been awarded over 800 medals in adjudicated competitions. With increased capacity Magnotta is taking on the international markets with exports to the United States, Japan, Taiwan and China.
This truly is a Canadian success story. We congratulate Rossana.