Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to some special people in my riding of Haldimand—Norfolk, who have recently been recognized for making our communities a better place.
Congratulations to Cindy Huitema and Ian Van Osch, Haldimand's farm woman and farmer of the year.
Ditto to Norfolk's Annie Zaluski, a retired strawberry farmer.
A toast to Port Dover's Walt Long, my hometown's citizen of the year.
In Delhi, hats off to pharmacist and friend John Stanczyk and student Jeremy Wittet.
Congratulations to Hagersville's Heather Peart, a future farm leader, and to Hewitt's Dairy for being named Haldimand's business of the year.
Kudos to Caledonia's Barry Snyder and Jim Martin, as well as to Simcoe Composite School principal Bob Foster and Lynda Bain of Dunnville.
I wish to thank them all for their selfless dedication to our communities.