Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today to congratulate Rick Horst, who last night was chosen as the Liberal candidate in the great riding of Perth--Middlesex. Nearly 2,000 people jammed the Stratford Coliseum to choose among six superb candidates.
Dr. Horst will make an excellent candidate. He has been very involved in his community, in sports, in health care, in children's services, with the military as padre of the Royal Canadian Legion, as chaplain of the militia 48th Cameron Highlanders of Canada.
We wish him luck in his battle. We know that we will soon be welcoming him into the House of Commons as the new member of Parliament for Perth--Wellington.