The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of guests from the Canadian Helen Keller Centre, the National Deafblind Awareness Month Working Group, CNIB Deafblind Community Services and the Deafblind Ontario Foundation. They are the guests of the Honourable Senators Martin and Marwah.

On behalf of all honourable senators, I welcome you to the Senate of Canada.