In my riding women run businesses and are artists, farmers, politicians, service providers, homemakers and caregivers. They are also volunteers and members of service clubs, legions and women's institutes. Like women internationally, the women of my riding contribute wholly to the social, political and spiritual life of their communities. And they are heroes. I proudly recall witnessing Sheila Maracle and Terry Ann Richardson receive the Star of Courage and the Medal of Bravery for saving a drowning child in a spontaneous act of courage.
Generous actions occur daily in homes and communities and across international boundaries.
Mary Lou Carroll of Adolphustown is currently arranging a third shipment of supplies to the Sisters of St. Joseph's orphanage in Haiti. Our lives are made richer by the women we know. Please join me in saluting the women of the world and of our constituencies across this great country. This is a diagnostic procedure that is both safe and painless. With traditional methods, the rate of success for preoperative diagnosis is 78 per cent.