 Therefore, it's time for the member's statements to the member from your office. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to rise today and recognize Whiteman Telecom. Whiteman has been nominated for a national award in the Tuned In Canada CCSA Awards. Whiteman Telecom is based out of Clifford, Ontario, which is shared by the member from Great Brazil and Sound, the member from Perth, Wellington, as well as myself. It operates in 17 different exchanges in south-central Ontario. They are known for their advanced fibre-to-home technology that provides excellent phone service and some of the fastest high-speed internet speeds in Canada. Tuned In Canada is a project that aims to highlight the work of local television and communication providers in Canada. They are sponsored by the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance. Every year, they have an award where they recognise people who are making a difference in their community. And the winners receive a trophy and an opportunity to donate up to $2,000 to a community charity of their choice. Whiteman Telecom has been nominated for the award known as Best Community Building Story. In 2016, Whiteman Telecom partnered with Blue Water Radio Station to broadcast the first annual Blue Water on air for local healthcare radio. I called in, I made my pledge and we had a lot of fun challenging other local politicians to do the same. It was a six-hour-long live TV and radio show and it raised over $40,000 for local health. They should have the honour of winning both the Walken and District Hospital Foundation and the Hanover and District Hospital Foundation will share the prize. There's two days left in the open online voting at tunedincanada.com. That's how Whiteman did it. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to talk about an important part of my community, our local Lions and Lioness Clubs. Three Lions Clubs will be celebrating anniversaries this weekend. The Stanford Lions Club, the Lioness Club will be celebrating 60 anniversaries. The Chippewa Lions Club will be celebrating 75th anniversary and the Fort Erie Lions Club will be celebrating 90th anniversary. On behalf of our communities, I'd like to thank all the Lions and Lioness Clubs for the incredible work they do in our region each and every day. Mr. Speaker, the Lions do incredible work in Niagara and here are some of the examples. The Stanford Lions and Lioness Club in Niagara Falls is known for harvest breakfasts, their Christmas dance, which are great events with terrific food and raise important money for community initiatives for organized like the Niagara Health System. The Fort Erie Club has a long history of helping the Fort Erie community. Funds raised for this, the work actually went to purchase the first ambulance at the Douglas Memorial Hospital. My community office is even in the Lions Club. Every day myself, my staff get to witness the incredible programs they offer for seniors, such as their monthly senior lunches, bingos, bridge and crib. Lastly, I'd also like to highlight the Chippewa Lions Club. They're hosting a free community appreciation event this Saturday with a barbecue, children's activities to thank the community for the support over the years. While the Lions Clubs focus on hunger, diabetes, vision impairment in their community, they also contribute to opening and closing Camp Dorset, which offers a vacation retreat for those who need dialysis. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the province, I would like to congratulate all these Lions and Lioness Clubs on their anniversaries and thank them for the incredible work they do in our community. Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Asian Heritage Month, which is recognized every May. To celebrate Asian Heritage Month on Ontario 150 on May the 10th, I will be co-hosting with the East Asian Women's Empowerment Group Celebration 15 Voices of Chinese Canadian Women in Ontario at the Toronto reference library. Celebration 15 will honour Chinese Canadian women in Ontario who have contributed to the changing history of Canada and another 15 women who have strengthened our local communities. These women have devoted tireless passion, time and commitment to shaping Ontario. They provided leadership in arts, civic engagement, culture, education and community building. Celebration 15 will recognize exceptional Chinese Canadian women including Greta Wong Grant, the first Chinese Canadian lawyer, called to the bar in 1946, former Senator Dr. Vivian Poy, who brought forward a Senate motion designated May as Asian Heritage Month in Ontario. Adrienne Clarkson, the former Governor-General of Canada. As first Chinese Canadian female MPP, I'm proud of my Asian heritage. I'm privileged to represent Scarborough Asian Court, one of the most diverse and multicultural writings in Ontario. Mr. Speaker, on May the 10th, I'm honoured to recognize these trailblaze in Chinese Canadian women who demonstrate how diversity strengthens our community and to contribute to our economy. And most important, Mr. Speaker, making Ontario a great place to work, play and work. Thank you. Thank you for the member statements from Oxford. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to rise today to recognize Children's Mental Health Week in Ontario. It's a great opportunity to recognize the importance of speaking up about mental health. Last year, we had a tragic loss of a number of youths in Oxford County. These tragedies have left the whole in our community. I met with students who said we need to do more to provide mental health education and services in our schools. They also told me that bullying is still a problem in schools and online. According to the survey done by Children's Mental Health Ontario, over 28% of youth indicated that mental health issues are not covered in the school curriculum. Meanwhile, over 35% said that mental health issues were only covered once in one class. We need to do more to educate students on how to cope with their struggles. I'm happy to announce that this weekend on May the 7th, Kids Help Phone will host their fundraiser Walk So Kids Can Talk presented by the BMO for the first time ever in Oxford. This is a very exciting for our community, and I command Kids Help Phone for their great work supporting our children and for raising awareness in this important issue. I encourage any young people who are having problems to reach out to Kids Help Phone or their local mental health organization. It's okay to talk about it. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm standing in a house today to recognize and congratulate the team that shaped and produced a movie, Painted Land, in search of the Group of Seven from their Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto last March. Congratulations, Goulay River adventurer, Joanie and Gary McGuffin, as well as Sault Ste. Marie artist and art historian, Michael Birch, for their major roles, along with Nancy Lang, Rebecca Middleton and Emma Hambly of White Pines Productions. You created such an amazing movie that really highlights the untouched nature that can be found in Algoma. This movie is a beautiful tribute to the art and life of the Group of Seven, Seven of Canada's greatest landscape painters as they adventure up in Northern Ontario in search of inspiration. The beautiful landscape in this film really showcases why every year thousands of tourists travel to Northern Ontario and to my writing of Algoma Manitou, Mr. Speaker. From watching this movie, you just get a sense that everyone involved had such passion for the work they were doing. It conveyed perfectly the wilderness, the beautiful wilderness of Ontario's north. This movie makes you want to retrace your steps along with the shores and cliffs and lakes of Algoma and Lake Superior. I also wanted to highlight Algoma Central Railway, which the cast and crew have stated without their cooperation, this documentary could not have been made. Congratulations. Thank you. I'm sure the members want to know that the founder of the Group of Seven, Lauren Harris, was born in Bramford, Ontario. Just saying. Just saying. Member Savits, it sounds like a statement. The member from Ottawa South. It's my pleasure to stand and rise today and say I had the opportunity with the Attorney General a few weeks ago to attend the 7th Annual Somali Hope Academy gala in my writing of Ottawa South. The Somali Hope Academy is a local charity whose vision is to reach out to poor and destitute children in Somalia and offer them a free education. The founder of the Somali Hope Academy is Sergeant Mohamed Elmi of the Ottawa Police Service, more affectionately known as Sergeant Moe. Sergeant Moe's vision was to help those children and help those children in need to get them in education, to give them opportunity. So Somali Hope Academy has built a school, a community of over 300 children in that school. So their next project is to build a well so that they can make the school self-sustaining. I want to congratulate the Academy, Sergeant Elmi, his Ottawa Police Service colleagues who always support him to all the volunteers that were there that night to restaurant her Dave Smith who was there doing a live auction and was very good at enticing people to open their wallets. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker to represent a community where families from over 125 countries speaking 90 languages have chosen to make home. And what really amazes me is our ability inside our community as in many communities in Ottawa South in Ontario rather to reach outside and to realize that we need to support those around the world. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Today it arrives in the House on behalf of the PC Caucus and our leader Patrick Brown to mark the 226th anniversary of the adoption of the Polish Constitution the world's second oldest constitution. The signing of the Polish Constitution on May 3rd, 1791 is an event of great pride for Poland and a significant moment in the history of democracy. It has served as a symbol of freedom during the 120 years of partitions and during the Nazi and Soviet occupation. Ontario's Polish roots run deep in the streets dating back to the confederation 150 years ago before the confederation. Our province is home to half a million Canadians of Polish heritage. The values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law which is this day celebrates are values that we share in Canada. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Camp Kosciuszko a Polish Army training camp at Niagara on the lake. It was here in Ontario where 22,000 Polish soldiers trained from 19 to 1919 to fight against Germans on the western front. Today the small piece of blessed ground in Niagara on the lake symbolizes both the patriotism of the Poles and the alliance between Poland and Canada two countries which are brothers in arms and share their love of freedom. I look forward to attending this year's Jubilee pilgrimage to Niagara and Lake to pay homage to the soldiers who have paid their highest price for the protection and values of our two countries. It is free from work and many celebrations, parades, exhibitions and public events take place. To all my Polish-Canadian friends Happy Constitution Day, Stola Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, the member from Tobokowo, Lake Shore. Well, Mr. Speaker, once you've had Polish that's all you relish. I'm pleased to stand today to speak to the Polish Constitution Day. May 3rd is Polish Constitution Day a national holiday for Poland and people of Polish heritage around the world. Polish Constitution Day celebrates the declaration of the Constitution of May 3rd, 1791 one of the landmark achievements in the history of Poland. This historic document was the first democratic constitution in Europe and second in the world only to the US Constitution. Despite being in effect for only 19 months, the Constitution of 1791 helped inspire Poles and independent and just society for generations. It did not save the Polish state at the time but it did save the Polish nation. And although the celebration was banned under various authoritarian regimes between 1792 and 1990, Constitution Day is now openly and proudly celebrated in Poland and around the world each day, each year. Today members of Polonia were at Queens Park to commemorate this important day and I'd like to specifically recognize Mr. Jacek Boguski, Secretary of State of Agriculture for the Republic of Poland, Mr. Grzegorz Morawski, Council General of Poland and Mr. Juleusz Kirejczyk, President of the Canadian Polish Congress, Toronto Branch and other distinguished guests who are here to celebrate the 226th anniversary. I want to thank these community leaders for all their efforts in keeping our Polish traditions and heritage strong until we die. Thank you. Further member statements. The member from Bruce Cray Owensal. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I rise to share at the house some exciting news from accessibility advocates who are working diligently to bring the new dynamic symbol of access to Ontario. On April 23rd I joined the Forward Movement co-founders Dylan Itzkiewicz and Jonathan Silver at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto where they launched before the Gap founder Luke Anderson and Gold Medal Paralympian Paul Rosen the new dynamic wheelchair symbol they're hoping Ontario will adopt. The idea behind the new icon is to stop associating people with disabilities with the image of a stationary person in a stationary wheelchair and accept the fact that they can be just as active and engaged as the rest of us. For this reason the new graphic shows movement, emphasizing differing abilities. Its background is still blue but the person in the wheelchair is leaning forward I first learned of the new dynamic symbol of access when I met Dylan about a month ago at Queens Park and was immediately inspired by a story and campaign. Two years ago Mr. Itzkiewicz was suddenly shifted to a wheelchair reliant after he was hit by a drunk driver in North York. He has since co-founded the Forward Movement together with Mr. Silver and they're working hard to bring the accessible icon project to Ontario. I want to clarify that the Forward Movement isn't pushing for old symbols to be changed which were created back in 1969 but rather for the new symbol of modern art. Mr. Speaker I am fully supportive of the change as I believe it's a good way to change perceptions and educate people about the importance of removing barriers and making Ontario more inclusive. As such I pledge to do what I can to help advocate for that change here at Queens Park. I invite members to visit the website themoveforwardmovement.ca and check out the new and exciting accessible icon which is now also part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Thank you.