Mr. Speaker, I rise to honour a beautiful young woman who died too young. I learned about her story when I ran into her father right after the Remembrance Day service in Sidney, and he told me about his deep pain from losing Joline.
December 2, almost a week from now, would have been Joline Robertson's 19th birthday. She was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer when she was only 13. Her whole family loves her so much. She fought so hard. She was not going to give up over the years, the five or six years that girl fought.
Everyone in Campbell River, her hometown, was praying for her, rooting for her. People from as far away as Surrey in a motorcycle club with members from Surrey did everything they could to let her know she was loved.
We do not forget Joline Robertson. We miss her.