Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to bring your attention to, and applaud the efforts of, the Board of Governors of the Royal Military College of Canada who are in Ottawa today for their quarterly meeting.
This group of prominent Canadians works tirelessly and with little compensation to review and approve the strategic direction of one of Canada's finest post-secondary institutions.
Please join me in honouring the Chairman of the Board, the hon. Gilles Lamontagne, former minister of defence; Vice-Chairman Major-General J. R. Pierre Daigle; Colonel Bill Brough; Dr. Roch Carrier; Dr. John S. Cowan; Mr. Willian Coyle; Colonel Mel Dempster; Dr. Gwynne Dyer; the hon. Mme Paule Gauthier; Brigadier-General Kenneth Hague; Mr. William Johnson; Captain J. A. Denis Rouleau; Mr. Kenneth A. Smee; Rear Admiral David C. Morse; and the Executive Secretary of the board, Lieutenant-Colonel, retired, Peter N. Dawe.