Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about my friend, my former MLA, my constituent, a proud resident of Langford, and the 36th premier of B.C., the Hon. John Horgan.
On Sunday, I will be attending the memorial service for John, where we will gather to honour the lasting legacy he leaves for his family, his community and our beautiful province. I had the privilege of knowing John for almost 20 years, and I have a lot of fond memories of our relationship. He was an excellent purveyor of dad jokes, often repeating them, again and again. Among my favourites was his quips that, in our region, we have to drive west to get to East Sooke, drive east to get back to the west shore and drive north to get to South Cowichan.
The relationship we enjoyed did not change when he was premier. Even when he was at a busy community event surrounded by people, he would always make sure to point me out, saying, “Hey, there's my MP.”
John was one of a kind. I will sincerely miss him.