Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Crayola Canada as it celebrates 100 years of business. Binney and Smith became the owners of Crayola Canada in 1965.
Coloured crayons hit the market in 1903, being sold eight to a box and initially marketed to school children. Did you know, Mr. Speaker, that the average Canadian child will wear down 730 crayons by his or her 10th birthday?
Watch for new products this year including erasable twistables, coloured pencils with built in erasers and the centennial packs of crayons.
I ask all members to join me in wishing a happy and prosperous 100th anniversary to Binney and Smith, the makers of Crayola crayons.