Mr. Speaker, in order to highlight the importance of reducing the 1.2 million fatalities and 50 million serious injuries and disabilities occurring each year on the world's roads, April 23 to 29 has been designated Global Road Safety Week by the United Nations.
Young road users are the focus of the first ever Global Road Safety Week.
Canada's national road safety program, Road Safety Vision 2010, has the goal of having the safest roads in the world.
Canada has a great deal to offer to low and middle income nations in dealing with their growing road safety challenges.
Canada has sent eight young people with an active interest in road safety and injury prevention to Geneva to participate in the UN's World Youth Assembly for Road Safety on April 23 and 24.
I express congratulations to all involved. I am proud that these young Canadians have heard the call to action and invite all Canadians to join them in being part of the solution.