If the House would indulge me, without repeating all the very kind words that have been said, I want to pay my greatest respects to the outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In 1995, when he was first elected at the very young age of 25, I remember riding the bus to school and reading the article about this new member of the provincial Parliament from Ottawa West—Nepean, and I followed his career with great admiration and can say that I have very much enjoyed working with him in the House. He did not always make my job in the chair easy, and members will miss his perambulations around the chamber during question period and other debates, and miss him for many other reasons as well.
I want to pass on my best wishes for the future to the outgoing minister.