Mahsi Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to inform the Assembly that a senior official of the Department of Transportation is receiving national recognition for his contribution to Canadian transportation.
Mr. Masood Hassan, Director of Transportation Planning in the Department of Transportation since 1991, is being presented with an award of service by the Transport Association of Canada at its annual conference this month. The Association gives this award each year to a few selected individuals who have made a long term contribution to the Association and to Canadian transportation.
The citation for the award states that Mr. Hassan is among a selected group of transportation professionals in Canada who have successfully contributed to all aspects of Canadian transportation, encompassing professional practice, teaching, research, and publications. Mr. Speaker, I ask members of the Assembly to join me in congratulating Mr. Hassan in this achievement.