Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to speak in favour of the motion, and to express my fond farewell to Commissioner Hughes.
Mr. Speaker, I can tell you that I own so few things. I own no companies, and my conversations with Mr. Hughes, with any conflict of interest issues, lasted no more than five seconds. I always stayed around to talk to Mr. Hughes about some other things, and he's always been so kind.
Mr. Speaker, I just want to say that I think we were very fortunate to have Mr. Hughes take this appointment to come this far north. That gave us all an opportunity to have a close working relationship with someone with such a distinguished background and accomplishments.
Mr. Hughes, for me, personifies the distinguished, learned gentlemen that we all get a chance to meet once in awhile. He is very kind, and very humble and unpretentious. He just has a way of making you feel very special, even when you know what he has done, that he knows so much more than you. He's just unbelievably accomplished.
I just want to say thank you to Mr. Hughes, and I wish him a lot of success and happiness in his retirement. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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