Member's Statement - Hussey, Joanne: NDP Candidate - Recog.

CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, while we don't know yet when the next general election will be, I can tell you that we in the NDP are hard at work recruiting intelligent and dedicated people to be candidates whenever that election is called. I'm happy to say that the NDP is the first Party to nominate a candidate for the next general election, and I'm proud that candidate is here with us in the gallery. That's Joanne Hussey, the NDP candidate for Fairview-Clayton Park.

Joanne is no stranger to the folks in this House; she's our caucus's deputy chief of staff. She does huge amounts of work behind the scenes to ensure that we're able to - it says here - "put forward solutions to challenges our province faces" - but also string two sentences together and sound like we know what we're talking about.

Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the time when I'm joined on the floor of this House by Joanne Hussey, and I ask everyone to join me in giving her a round of applause. (Applause)