For the past four years, Ray Bonin, Liberal MP for the
Nickel Belt Riding, has been involved in a moral-boosting initiative for
Canadian troops who are in action abroad. Here he is shown with one of his
staff members, Monique Audette, during an afternoon they spent at the
Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre collecting signatures on a large 20 foot
banner. The banner, which is entitled, “Thinking of You” also includes
a caption that reads, “Thank you and best wishes from the People of
Northern Ontario.”
The
banner, along with another 5000 cards that have been made by school
children throughout the riding, will be sent to the Department of National
Defense, which will then forward it to the members of the Canadian Armed
Forces who are stationed abroad. The Nickel Belt riding stretches from
Foleyet to
Sturgeon
Falls
.
Visitors
to the mall were happy to sign the banner, and to show you what a small
world it is, one of the persons who stopped by the table just so happened
to be a member of the armed forces who had just completed his assignment
in
Afghanistan
. He was proud to sign the banner and expressed his appreciation to Ray
Bonin for this act of patriotism.
