Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll be supporting the motion. Having the experience of growing up in a small community, I believe that every opportunity you can have to invest in productive and creative challenges for youth, giving them a good experience, will help lead them to the growth of better things and give them the chance of greater opportunities. Idle hands do the devil’s work, as they say; I think that investing in youth keeps them on the right track.

I’m fortunate enough to say we had good investment when I was young. We had a community centre, and a lot of us spent a lot of good time there. You know, I

think a solid

investment kept us on track. Of course, the beatings at home from time to time to keep us on the straight and narrow didn’t hurt.

Laughter.