Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate Guelph's newest Nobel laureate, economist Dr. Peter Howitt. Born and raised in Guelph, he earned the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for his groundbreaking model of creative destruction, developed with Philippe Aghion.
Dr. Peter Howitt's path began at Victory Public School and then Guelph CVI, amazingly the same path as Dr. Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel laureate in physics and the third woman in history to earn that honour. Guelph's Nobel roster also boasts Dr. David Card, Nobel laureate in economics in 2021 and graduate of John F. Ross CVI; Dr. James Orbinski led Médecins Sans Frontières when it received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1999; and this fall, Dr. Paul Hebert of the University of Guelph earned the Nobel Sustainability Trust Award for his pioneering work as the founder of DNA barcoding.
From local classrooms to global acclaim, Guelph and Canada could not be prouder. These brilliant minds remind us that, when we invest in education, we invest in world-changing ideas.