That is well deserved. A special shout-out goes to Victoria, Lianne, Angela and Shannon, who made my stay as pleasant as it could be.
There are two people I really want to thank, my wife Chantal and my daughter Samantha.
They both stayed at my bedside. They brought me all sorts of things and made sure I did what I was supposed to do, which was not always easy.
Of course, the staff in the constituency office and the staff in the Speaker's office did yeoman's work to make sure that everything continued to work well. I did not get any major complaints, aside from what you guys were doing here on both sides, but other than that, overall, they took good care of constituents.
The Table officers in the Clerk's office did outstanding work, to the point where they even signed an order making sure that I would get better, so I had to follow that order. They did an excellent job that way.
Of course, in my absence, there were some very special people here.
I am thinking of one person in particular, the hon. member for Joliette, who was here every day helping out and making sure that everything was going smoothly.
Of course, there are the chair occupants: the hon. member for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing and the hon. member for Brossard—Saint-Lambert, who did outstanding work.
Of course, last but not least, there is the Deputy Speaker, the hon. member for West Nova, who did outstanding work.
Thank you all so much.
Now let us get on with the business of Parliament.
Oral Questions, the hon. Leader of the Opposition.