Mr. Speaker, this year marks the 50th anniversary of my former high school, R.S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute.
In September 1962, the doors to R.S. McLaughlin officially opened. Since that time it has been providing the youth in Oshawa with an excellent education and a wonderful experience that will serve them well into the future. I know it did for me. Little did I know when I was in our school musicals singing and dancing, how well it would serve me right here on Parliament Hill, where politicians are notorious for singing and dancing around the questions and the issues.
In all seriousness, through its teachers and faculty members, R.S. McLaughlin instilled the importance of leadership, hard work, community, and co-operation in its students. It is no mistake that Oshawa's current mayor John Henry, and MPP Jerry Ouellette, are also former students of McLaughlin.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank McLaughlin and all its former and current teachers for the quality education it has been providing in Oshawa over the past 50 years.