Mr. Speaker, I want to join colleagues in giving honour to the member for Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke. As a newer MP in this place, I can say that he is an hon. member whom I have been really grateful to have had the chance to learn from and I am grateful for our time here to have overlapped. In my time prior to being here, he was someone I really looked up to as someone who continued to stand up for the queer community across the country. As we heard from his speech, he has had such an impact on the laws of this country in the way that so much more needs to be done.
As we close this round of speeches, though, to me it is appropriate that the member would have the last word. If the Speaker would allow me, I would remark that the tenor in this place at times, and certainly now, can get somewhat partisan. The member had some important reflections for us on how important it is that the reasons that MPs arrived here, the causes that they and their communities care about, should come first.
I wonder whether the member could offer some advice for those of us here, particularly newer members like me, on how we continue to ensure that the issues we are looking to address remain more important than the parties we happen to be here representing, and that our constituents should remain first. Can he offer some reflections for us on that?