Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform this House that the Government of Canada has approved the awarding by the Government of Iceland of a distinction of honour, the Order of the Falcon, to the hon. member for Charleswood St. James—Assiniboia.
This is an award in recognition of the hon. member's activities involving his fellow Manitobans of Icelandic origin.
The hon. member has been involved for some years in bolstering cultural and trade links between Iceland and Canada.
We congratulate the hon. member for Charleswood St. James—Assiniboia on this well deserved honour.