Pictou West Member: Strong Party Guidance - Member's Statement

MS. CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, I rise to echo the congratulations that have been given and to offer my thanks and congratulations to the interim Leader of the Official Opposition.

Through a time of great change in her Party in the Legislature and in the province, she has steered her Party with clarity, grace, strength and, most of all, kindness.

Although we don't always agree on things, the member for Pictou West will always have my respect and admiration.

Mr. Speaker, I look forward to a time when the leadership of a strong, competent woman in this Assembly is the norm rather than the exception. In the meantime, in addition to a handful of others, we'll now have the member for Pictou West as a great example to remind us that it's possible.