Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise, too, to just briefly express my support for this motion. I thank the Member for bringing the motion forward in the House, not because of the fact that my parents also went through the residential school system, and myself, and all my brothers and sisters also, but because of the fact that I would like to see this as a first step toward the establishment of a national day of residential school healing and reconciliation that, hopefully, the federal government will initiate through this motion as being a start.
I'm not going to talk too much about what the other Members were saying about the residential school experiences, but I have to point out the fact that all those experiences were not all bad. Some of them, especially a lot of my experiences in the residential school, were quite good. I have to, on one hand, commend the residential school system on sort of giving me some insight into the western way of living, and how the only way to succeed, in this day and age, is through education. I thank them for that. But the loss of languages, and traditions, and cultures, also definitely outweigh education in many instances. But, again, I support this motion, just for the very fact that I hope it leads to something bigger and better for aboriginal people across Canada. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.