Mr. Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North): I'm very pleased to rise today and talk about a few of the activities of the Ontario Provincial Police Association. Last Friday, December 2, myself, Minister Kwinter and Commissioner Boniface were able to attend a ceremony at the OPP detachment general headquarters in Orillia and presented a couple of names on the wall of honour for officers who have lost their lives in the last year. I was pleased that Michael Siydock and Andrew Potts, both OPP officers who lost their lives, were honoured in having their names put on the wall. Their families, of course, were present.

As well, on a bit more of a positive note, I'm very pleased to be taking part in a function this coming Friday. It's being hosted by the Ontario Provincial Police Association. It's a curling bonspiel and event at the Barrie Curling Club in the city of Barrie. They're going to raise funds for three officers who were seriously hurt in the last year. One was Bruce Owen, who worked at the general headquarters in Orillia. He suffered a brain aneurysm, and although his spirits are high, he has a long road ahead of him on the way to recovery. The others are Matt Hanes, the officer with Andrew Potts the night he was killed in the moose accident up in Bracebridge, and of course Stephen Jones, the officer involved in the accident with a moose up in the Cochrane detachment of the OPP, who is diagnosed as a paraplegic. He is recovering at home, although he's got a long road ahead of him.

I just want to thank the OPPA for paying so much attention to their officers, both those who have given their lives in the line of duty and those who have suffered major injuries.