Community involvement has always been a priority for the students of Sacred Heart. I would like to congratulate them on their efforts and wish them luck in their future endeavours. As a former registered nursing assistant, I am delighted to have this 12108 opportunity to salute my former colleagues in Lambton-Middlesex and throughout Canada. No matter where nurses work, be it in the hospital or in the community itself, their focus has always been the family. Nurses provide families with information to prevent them from becoming ill, to help families through challenging times and to make meaningful choices.
Nurses are also interpreters.
They take the vast amount of health care knowledge flooding clients and interpret what it means for their health and that of their families. Because they have the right combination of knowledge and skills for promoting, maintaining and supporting health, nurses are ideally positioned to make a real difference to the health of Canadians and to ensure the healthy future of Canada's medicare system. Mr. Speaker, on the 75th anniversary of the House of Commons Security Services, I wish to pay tribute to all members of the staff. Created in 1920, a few years after the old Parliament building was destroyed by fire, the Security Services are responsible for the protection of members, employees and buildings on Parliament Hill. They also welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors from Canada and Quebec every year.