Remember for sorry, green timbers. Thank you, mr speaker. It is during adversity that we find out who, among us, are the real heroes and the end. In the last two years we have witnessed many unsung ones. These are the people who impact real lives and whose selflessness and desire to serve others are the vital seems of a caring society.

Among the many who have taken on that mental during these tough times, community volunteers have been have been an essential as any, and I stand before you to applaud volunteerism in our province.

In addition to the pandemic, our province has experienced quite a year and whether it was the fires during the record summer last year or the floods that followed, we saw some exceptional instances of volunteerism from helping people save their homes, bringing groceries for others cooking, serving and delivering food and other necessities driving people to their appointments to offering to care for children, while parents went to work.

Volunteers have put in an immense effort for the good of the community.

Among the many examples around our province of people embodying resilience and service is margaret byrne, a retired healthcare worker, who has not only been volunteering with different constituency offices in surrey for many years, but also through the pandemic, and before has been serving people at different community organizations, and in fact, mr speaker, it was her 80th birthday on tuesday and she chose no signs of relenting.

It is selfless people like margaret on whom many have relied during the last two years. Volunteers have always been an inspiration for me, mr speaker, and I'm in awe of their commitment to community, and today I request you all to join me in appreciating these big-hearted british columbians and the incredible work that they do. Thank you.