 It is now time for Members' Statements, the member from Bruce Gray Olensound. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. In celebration of Natural Pathic Medicine Week, I am pleased to rise today in the House in recognition of natural pathic doctors in my riding of Bruce Gray Olensound and across the province. Natural Pathic doctors are on the forefront of health and preventive medicine in communities throughout Enchero. They are opening their doors and conducting free healthy living seminars and providing information and education on the benefits of natural pathic medicine. This week would normally be caused for celebration of these health professionals. The government's proposed regulations, which will prevent NDs from accessing necessary and essential laboratory tests, will result in the shuffling of patients between NDs' offices is dampening the celebration. NDs and their patients in my community are concerned about their ability to provide continuity of care to their patients and the limitations placed on them to provide the exemplary, safe and effective care NDs have demonstrated over the last 90 years. As Interions are aging and chronic diseases are becoming more prevalent, we should be striving to make NDs an equal partner in our health care system, helping them to integrate prevention and provide diagnosis and treatment to patients. Every day, thousands of Interions depend on the services of natural pathic doctors, which are a blend of conventional, traditional and natural medicine to deliver an annualized and collaborative approach to health care. The Interior Association of Natural Pathic Doctors represents a vast majority of licensed natural pathic doctors in Ontario. To connect with an ND near your community, please visit www.oand.org. On behalf of my constituents, I thank these dedicated doctors for all they do to support the health needs of all Interions, and we encourage the government to do the same. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Members, Members of the Member of Hamilton East, Stoney Creek. Thank you, Speaker. Last Friday I was honored to attend the opening ceremony for the Veterans Place at Gore Park in Hamilton. It was a fitting that the ceremony was held on the 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender, V.E. Day, the end of World War II in Europe. Veterans Place grew from the desire to recognize Gore Park as a place where military service has been continually commemorated for over 90 years. The Cenotaph in Gore Park has been standing since 1923. The new Memorial Wall is a wonderful series of illuminated glass panels that displays images and the text that illustrates the meaning of military service to our community and country in the past, today and in the future. There are black and white panels of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and in 1916 military parade in Gore Park. It provides context about the conflicts and peacekeeping missions that Canada has been involved in since the Tendothaph went up. The concept, design, and photographs were developed by the Veterans Place Focus Group made up of local volunteers, current servicemen and women, and historians working with City Hall staff. I share their hope that Veterans Place in Gore Park will provide the citizens of Hamilton with a space in which to reflect on and remember the past and hope for the future. This display has a personal meaning for me, Speaker. Five members in my family were veterans of World War II. We were lucky they all returned to live out their lives. There are two of them in the Air Force and three in the Navy. Thank you. Thank you. May we finish? The members from Cambridge. Thank you, Speaker. It gives me pleasure to rise on behalf of my constituents in Cambridge today to recognize the naturopathic medicine week, which is this week, May 11th to the 17th. Across Canada, this week, we give acknowledgement and thanks to all the naturopathic doctors who provide us with alternative paths to health. naturopathic doctors contribute to well-being across the country by helping patients to invest in preventative measures to ensure general good health. For those of us who do not take the time to care for ourselves on a daily basis, naturopathic doctors can help us to learn how to stay healthy and to live better lives. The Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors is focusing this week on educating the public about chronic pain, fatigue and stress. In fact, they held an event last night here in Toronto stressing the importance of managing stress to improve health. And that's a lesson I think many of us around Queen's Park would do well to heed. Recently, I had the opportunity to tour the Farkison naturopathic clinic in air and to learn about what naturopathic doctors are doing to contribute to good health. As a member of the community of health care providers in Ontario, I was really glad to hear about health promotion through another lens. I'm happy to acknowledge the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors for promoting health across the province. And Speaker, it's a message I think we would do well to follow. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. As we approach a long weekend, it's important to be aware of the threat that tick bites pose. We know that ticks breed heavily in moist areas where there is long grass, most notably in our parks, where people go to enjoy nature with their families. Many are walking unknowingly into a potential health hazard. They enjoy the outdoors and especially in our provincial parks. And in the riding of Chatham Canessix, we have rondo and Wheatley provincial parks as well as Point Peely National Park. Spraying ticks is not possible as it will harm ecosystems, but cutting back tall grasses next to walk-in bike trails inside our parks will in fact help alleviate this problem. The government and legislatures must do more to protect Ontarians from Lyme disease. And individually, people can in fact help minimize the risk of tick bites by knowing the areas of the province where ticks are common. You can cover skin and pull socks over pant legs to minimize exposure to ticks and wear light-colored clothing so it's easier to spot them. It's important to shower or bathe within two hours of being outdoors to wash away loose ticks and finally do a full-body check for ticks on yourself, children and pets. Speaker, together, we, you and I, can keep Ontarians healthy and safe. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today we had the very special privilege in a group stopped by Queen's Park and I told them, a group of First Nations people from Treaty 9, the area are walking from Cochrane to Ottawa to bring awareness to the damage Indian residential schools did to their culture, their family, to individuals and their way of life. And I had the privilege of hosting them in my office and if you might have spent a distinct scent on the east doors, we had a smudging in my office and they together, we offered a prayer to Minugizugat. This group, main objective, was to educate Canadians of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to the Treaty 9 group is dedicating the five-day walk to the missing and dead Aboriginal women and we'll be thinking of them and directing their energy to this issue as they make their way to Ottawa. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission mandates includes finding out the truth about what happened to these schools and then informing Canada. The Commission hopes to guide and encourage First Nations Inuit and Metis in Canadians in a process of healing this is led to reconciliation and renewed relationships based on a mutual understanding and respect. Which means we are all helpers. Walk for the end, residential school survivors for Truth and Reconciliation. I wish good luck to my friends on your journey. See you later, my new friends. Thank you. Thank you, Speaker. I want to formally offer my most sincere apologies for any offense and hurt caused by the language I used in my petition presented last week, Speaker. It was not my intention to use language that would be offensive to anyone. My choice of language did not reflect the inclusive society that we are all helping to build. Additionally, I want to recognize that Blackberry has been a key player in developing the Waterloo region into a globally renowned information and technology leader. Our government is proud to work with companies like Blackberry to spur innovation, attract investment and create jobs. Again, I want to reiterate my apologies to the House and to anyone who took offense to the contents of my petition. Thank you, Speaker. Member Stavits, the member from Leeds-Grenville. Speaker, I rise on what I'm affectionately calling Mallory Town Day at Queens Park. I'm thrilled to welcome visitors from my riding to see the Mallory Town Glassworks display on the first floor of the West Wing. It's been great over the past several weeks to have this piece of Leeds-Grenville and some truly significant Canadian history here to make it feel like home. The Mallory Town Glassworks was Canada's first glassworks and began in 1839 when Amesa Mallory opened the factory in a log structure just outside of Mallory Town. Glassblowers produced a variety of glassware for settlers including plates, bowls, jars and bottles. In addition to these household items, artisans also produced some stunning pieces of glass artwork. Seven of those artifacts are included in the Queens Park display. The factory closed in 1840 and sadly almost nothing remains of the building today. However, the site and the national significance of its story has been preserved thanks to the tireless work of the Thousand Islands River Heritage Society, many of whom are with us today. Thank you. Society members prepared the beautiful information cards that I shared on all the MPP's desks this morning. I want to thank everyone involved for their efforts to keep this invaluable chapter of our local and national history alive. And if you're traveling on Highway 401 through Eastern Ontario this summer speaker or any of the members, I'm personally inviting you to take the Mallory Town exit. Come explore this piece of our past and discover all the beauty that front-of-young township and the Thousand Islands have to offer. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Members, statements to member from Ottawa, all the other. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to honour a school in Ottawa who recently was a first in terms of secondary schools in Ontario. It is the first time that this Catholic school, which is a professional and technical school, this mental school, is part of the 749 schools that was evaluated by the Fraser Institute. And with 10 out of 10 points, it is first provincially. It is an honour for this school on La Cité Campus. It is also nice for the Francophone community. Since we gained control of our own school boards in 1992, our Francophone students and our Francophone schools have always shown excellence. It is a long way that we have seen since regulation 17 in 192, which banned French schools in Ontario. Year after year, our Francophone students are above average in a lot of subjects and our government believes in the Francophonie and shows this through serious investments. This investment in French education has gone up 101% since 2003. It is with pride that I want to recognize this Catholic high school, the professional and technical mental school for its excellency as well as other Francophone schools in the province for the nice work they did and for being an ally in the transmission of our Franco-Ontarian culture to the next generation. Thank you. Thank you. Members' statements from New Market Aurora. Well, thank you Mr. Speaker. I'm honoured to stand in the house today to bring awareness to an organisation from my wonderful riding of New Market Aurora. This past January, say my name, Canada began the March to a Million, Coast to Coast kindness campaign challenging organisations, schools, families and individuals across Canada to make one million acts of kindness. Once this goal is achieved with participation from every province, they'll send a certificate of achievement to the United Nations and challenge the world to do another million acts of kindness. The focus of this campaign is to counter the growing problem of bullying in our schools and community by creating a wave of kindness across Canada with the ultimate goal of ending bullying. This campaign has sparked an influx of random acts of kindness across York Region, whether it be a student standing up for a classmate or students volunteering in a senior's home. The positive influence of this campaign is overwhelming. I want to welcome David Robinson and Glenn Murray to the chamber today and to thank them for initiating the campaign and that brings awareness to a very serious issue. I also want to thank the schools, organisations, families and individuals from York Region who've contributed to achieving 103,788 acts of kindness thus far. Mr. Speaker, I know our government is doing great work on preventing bullying and harassment across the province but there's always more we can do. Today I challenge my colleagues to start a march to the a million kindness campaign in their communities so we can stop bullying one random act of kindness at a time. Thank you.