Madam Speaker, in 1971, the Government of Canada launched Explore, a second-language summer program for young students across the country that seeks to promote our official languages.
Since then, over 250,000 young people, including myself when I attended Glendon College in Toronto a few years ago, have taken advantage of this program to improve their second language and their understanding of Canada's cultural and linguistic reality.
This year, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of the Explore program, which is something worth celebrating.
It is time to extend heartfelt congratulations to all those who contributed to the success of this program over the years by implementing, managing and facilitating it in order to give these thousands of youth the experience of a lifetime.
Let us continue to support the Explore program, which strengthens our linguistic and cultural diversity and represents a pillar of our national identity.