Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a constituent, a young man tragically taken from us just as he was beginning to make his mark. Kadmoos Halabi was 22 years old, an engineering student at the University of Alberta.
Then came the diagnosis: leukemia, something not quite real for someone so young. He fought bravely, inspiring others with his attitude.
In the words of J. Fraser Forbes, dean of engineering at the University of Alberta, the world has been robbed of a talent, not permitted to develop or realize a potential that would undoubtedly perform great works. He was a kind and gentle person with a bright future extinguished far too soon.
His was a life lived to the fullest, though all too short. Our prayers are with his family as they mourn.