 Therefore, it's now time for Member Statements, the Member from Lampton, Kent Middlesex. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. This year we are celebrating Canada's 150th year as a nation. It is a history that has been shaped and coloured by the richness and diversity of our landscapes, our wilderness and our wildlife. I want to mark this year's National Wildlife Week by celebrating an organisation which is promoting both awareness and conservation of our wildlife. The Salt Haven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Centre is a grassroots non-profit organisation that started out in 2004 near Mount Bridges in my riding of Lampton, Kent Middlesex. Since then, they have cared for more than a thousand injured and orphaned animals and birds each year, enabling them to regain their freedom and return to their natural habitat. Founder Brian Salt and his dedicated team of volunteers have treated everything from an injured great horned owl to an orphaned mallard duck to a poisoned red fox. Through their community outreach programs, Salt Haven educates and inspires diverse audiences, introducing people, especially young people, to their local wildlife and helping them to better understand the role we each have to play in the health of our ecosystems. Speaker, I want to thank Salt Haven, their volunteers and supporters for the tremendous impact they have locally and for helping to preserve Ontario's proud natural heritage. During National Wildlife Week, I would encourage everyone to seek opportunities to learn about local wildlife and perhaps to rediscover an appreciation for nature in the outdoors. Thank you. Thank you. Further Member Savins, the Member from Windsor West. Thank you, Speaker. Last week I had the pleasure of attending the opening of a new exhibit dedicated to showcasing the contributions of the Polish people to Canada. Just in time for Canada's 150th anniversary, the University of Windsor's Letty Library and the Polish-Canadian Business and Professional Association of Windsor have teamed up to showcase the Polish-Canadian commemorative exhibit, a Canada 150 tribute and celebration. Speaker, despite having Polish roots myself through my husband's family, while visiting the exhibit there was still much I learned about the extent of the contributions by Polish people. Did you know that my community of Windsor had a recruitment centre for Polish people during World War II, or that one of the first members of Canadian Parliament was of Polish descent, Alexander Eduard Kierzkowski. Some members may remember the exhibit dedicated to Mr. Kierzkowski that was on display at Queen's Park last year. The Polish-Canadian commemorative exhibit features eight displays presented in three categories, including the contribution of Poles to Canada, why Poles are grateful to Canada, and the contribution of Poles to the world. I would like to thank the Polish-Canadian Business and Professional Association of Windsor, and in particular its President, Jerry Baricki, along with the University of Windsor for making this possible. If you didn't have a chance to visit the official opening of the exhibit, you're in luck. The exhibit will remain on display this week, and I would invite all members of this assembly to come to Windsor and learn more about the contributions of Polish people to Canada. Thank you. Well, thank you, Speaker. You know, every day as I climb the centre staircase to come into this legislative chamber, I take a nod to the carving of Agnes McPhail's head in the lobby. Now, you may have seen, Speaker, over the weekend that the Bank of Canada has availed a new $10 commemorative banknote for Canada's 150 celebrations, and the front of the bill features portraits of Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, fellow father of Confederation, Sir George Etienne Carter, James Gladstone, Canada's first Indigenous Senator, and Canada's first female Member of Parliament, Agnes McPhail. McPhail was the only woman in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons in 1921, the first year in which women got the vote, and she was once described as the most important woman in public life that Canada has produced in the 20th century. In 1943, McPhail returned to politics winning the provincial writing of York East and Toronto, an area that encompasses my own writing of Beaches East York. With Ray Lukak, she was one of the first women to become members of Ontario's legislature. Now, every year since 1993, there's been an award ceremony held in honour of Miss McPhail. The Agnes McPhail Award recognized an East York resident who has made outstanding contributions as a volunteer by thinking globally and acting locally an expression that she coined. This year's winner was Patrick Rocco. So I want to say congratulations to the wonderful group of people that lobbied hard to see her face on the honoured on the $10 banknote. A special thank you to Lorna Crotchuk, and all the time she puts to make sure Agnes McPhail's award is held every year. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you for their members' statements. The member from Lenarch for Unique Letters is an addict. Thank you, Speaker. Last week I tabled the property rights motion in the House, which would add two sections to Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and it reads as follows. The following section is inserted after Section 7. In Ontario, everyone has the right not to be deprived by any act of the Legislative Assembly or by any action taken under authority of an act of the Legislative Assembly, of the title, use, or enjoyment of real property, or any right attached to real property, or of any improvement made to or upon real property, unless made whole by means of full, just, and timely financial compensation. And that this section refers to any act of the Legislative Assembly made before or after the coming into force of this section. It also adds a second section that this amendment may be cited as a Constitution Amendment 2012, no expropriation in Ontario without compensation, and reference to the Constitution Acts of 1867-1982 shall be deemed to include a reference to the Constitution Amendment 2012, no expropriation in Ontario without compensation. Thank you, Speaker. Well done. Thank you. Further member statements? The member from Nicol Belt. Thank you, Speaker. Well, I believe that the Minister of Transportation Provincial Highway Sign Policy discriminates against small northern communities like Alba in my writing of Nicol Belt. Before the foreleaning of Highway 69, very thankful for it, drivers would see the directional sign that says Alba was only three kilometres off the highway. They would come into town, grab a bite to eat, do some grocery shopping, even spend the night at one of the beautiful lodges like Pressfield Cottages or Bosejourg Inn. Now, with the foreleaning of Highway 69, the new directional sign off the highway does not list Alba. It lists Noelleville, which is 30 kilometres away, and Sturgeon Falls, which is even further. To motorists, it looks like you have to drive at least 30km before you can buy food or gas. That's not the case. RDH mining, which is an international mining equipment manufacturer, wrote me to say, it was hard enough to get customers to find their location as it was. Now that this omission from the sign to our community, it will be an even greater challenge. Right now, many businesses from mining to forestry to restaurant, grocery store, lodging, they're all losing business in Alba because of the Made in Toronto sign policy that makes no sense. This needs to change, Speaker. The people of Alba and the businesses of Alba and the motorists travelling Highway 69 trying to find Alba deserve a proper directional sign on Highway 69, directing them to this community. It is that simple, Speaker. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Further members of statement? The member from England to Lawrence. Thank you, Speaker. I want to talk about a remarkable school in my writing. It's John Palani Collegiate Institute, which is at Lawrence and the Allen Road. This was a school that was previously known as Bathurst Heights. It was closed during the Mike Harris days, but reopened under the name of the John Palani Collegiate Institute, named after the Nobel Prize-winning physicist John Palani U of T. It is now up to a thousand students. It's a thriving school with all kinds of incredible unique programs. It has an outstanding principal who's won Canada's Outstanding Principal Award, Aiman Flahat, and he has brought in a partnership with the Rotman School of Management. So grade 11 and 12 students have the opportunity to take business leadership, which teaches them integrated thinking. It offers the Toronto School Board's only science, math and robotics program. The school is a hub of activity and recently hosted the grade 7 and 8 girls STEM conference. It is a school that is very active, not only in academics, but very good in sports. It has one of the best basketball programs in the City of Toronto and is very good in archery and in other track and field teams. Anyways, this is part of the revitalization of Lawrence Heights. This school is a real gem and young students come from all over Central Toronto to go to John Palani. Congratulations to the teachers and the students and families at John Palani Collegiate. Thank you. Further member statements? The member from Perth, Wellington. Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, earlier this month the Atwood Lions Club celebrated a milestone, their 60th anniversary. I was fortunate enough to join the celebration on April 1st. Also in attendance was the club's charter president from 1957, Derek Nin. The Atwood Lions Club is part of Lions Clubs International, a global service organization with over 1.4 million members. Its founder, Melvin Jones, had a vision of giving back to his community and beyond. Indeed, Melvin Jones' personal motto was, you can't get very far until you start doing something for somebody else. By extension, the Lions motto is, we serve. Across the globe, Lions Clubs are making a huge difference in areas like care for children, dealing with blindness, diabetes prevention and treatment, and a partnership with Habitat for Humanity. Locally, the Atwood Lions Club has been a fixture serving their community. They run a wonderful skating rink that kids and families get to enjoy every year. Every July, they also hold a hugely popular parade, barbecue and family fun fair along with their famous elimination draw. Here's the point, Mr. Speaker. Atwood Lions Club, like so many Lions and other service clubs across Ontario, strengthens our community. As a long-time Lion, I can tell you firsthand, Lions are making a difference. I invite everyone to join me in congratulating the Atwood Lions on their 60th anniversary and wish them many more years of success in the future. Roar, Lions. Thank you. Further members? Stevens, the member from Ottawa South. Thank you very much, Speaker. Speaker, I had the privilege on Sunday morning of attending the Vimea Memorial at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with my colleague from Ottawa Center, the Attorney General. And, Speaker, it was a very moving ceremony. We had silver cross mums there. We had the Ottawa Coral Society, violinists playing in lament. And, you know, when we speak about the Battle of Amy Ridge, we often talk about the birth of a nation and how we became co-signitaries to the Versailles Treaty. But what it really is all about is sacrifice. So that's the memory that we honour. There have been many battles fought since then. In every family, somebody has somewhere along the line who's made that kind of sacrifice. And as we go forward, and we get to the 101st anniversary, remember all those who served us, we must remember that sacrifice because that's how we have what we have now. At the end of the ceremony, there was a beautiful moment when they released some doves. And as the doves circled the monument, the cenotaph, somehow a flock of Canada geese came by at exactly the same time. It was really quite incredible for all those people who were there and truly a surprise, but a wonderful part of that celebration. Thank you very much, Speaker. Thank you for the member's statements. The member from Haldeman, Norfolk. I congratulate Commander Rob Johnson, officers and sailors of Her Majesty's Canadian ship, York, who recently conducted domestic maritime exercise in Toronto Harbor. HMCS York is the largest naval reserve division in the country based here in Toronto. The training day involves search and rescue on the water, diving, treatment of casualties. The exercise involved eight boats, over 150 personnel and observers from the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS York and HMCS Star. 25 field ambulance, Toronto's Office of Emergency Management, Toronto Police Marine Unit, Coast Guard Auxiliary, St. John Ambulance, Commissioners, Great Lakes, Ports, Toronto and Billy Bishop Airport. Speaker, this type of training helps prepare our men and women in uniform in case they are called upon to act in support of our municipal and provincial agencies. Special thanks to the organizers from HMCS York's Operations Department, including Petty Officer Melanzer, Petty Officer Isaki, Master Seaman Walia, Acting Sub-Left Tenant Havayep and this information supplied to me from Left Tenant Paul Hong. To all involved, Bravo Zulu. Thank you. I thank all members for their statements.