Trudeau honours first Black Speaker of the House of Commons | Greg Fergus

The right honorable prime minister um when it was time to keep our democracy strong and healthy Mr Speaker today you are the first black Canadian to become speaker of this house thank you this should be inspiring for all Canadians especially younger Generations who want to get involved in politics congratulations

This house is the home of Canadian democracy members of parliament come from every corner of the country to represent their communities Canadians from coast to coast to coast elect us to work hard for them and to be their voices in this place he elected us to deliver results to help

Make their lives better this remains our number one job and the only way we can make progress is by working together by respecting each other to remind us that we are all here for the same reason which is to serve These are consequential times for Canada and

For the world we must continue to work together to make life more affordable to build more homes to keep our democracy strong to fight climate change and power the clean economy of tomorrow Canadians expect us all to work together to deliver results they expect us to behave to the highest standards Mr

Speaker I know you will help us rise to meet this moment Canada is the best country in the world let’s keep working all together foreign

Prime Minister Trudeau congratulates MP Greg Fergus on being elected the first Black House of Commons Speaker.

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