My words today are for our pages who have been with us for one very brief year in the life of our parliament.
Pages of the House of Commons for 1999-2000, today we the parliamentarians of Canada bid you farewell. It seems a little strange since the House is still sitting and we are all still on duty, but the weeks before summer recess have a way of becoming a little hectic and we may not have another chance to thank you properly.
On behalf of all my colleagues here in the House, I wish to thank you and congratulate you on the work you have done for us over the past year, the first of the new millennium. Your job has not always been an easy one, but you have all behaved professionally and we appreciate it.
I would be the first to admit that sometimes we have been a little tired and preoccupied, maybe even impatient.