Mr. Speaker, I will not be a candidate for a third parliamentary mandate in the forthcoming general election. When the Prime Minister invited me to become a candidate in 1992, I said I would limit myself to two terms at most. I see no reason to depart from that today.
In leaving the House, I am not entering on early retirement. I am resuming my work in other national and international arenas like the Institut de Droit International, of which I am the current president.
Thank you to the electors of Vancouver Quadra for their kind support and warm encouragement through two successive terms.
I want to thank MPs of all political parties for their friendship, co-operation and goodwill.