Jamie's been an educator for 30 years and has seven years as the director. I've gotten to know him over my four years as a public servant for Nepean-Carleton. As you know, Nepean-Carleton is one of the fastest-growing communities in all of Ontario and, with that growth, means we must keep up with our infrastructure, particularly when you have a high birth rate like Nepean-Carleton, it means you've got to keep up with the schools.

I can say that Mr. McCracken, through his time as director of education, was able to manage the growth. He was able to support our community by working with us to ensure that we were able to build the necessary school infrastructure. One school in particular comes to mind. A couple years ago, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Department of Fisheries, if you can believe it, as well as the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, almost put a halt to one of our schools, the new St. Francis Xavier High School in Riverside South. It was through Jamie McCracken's leadership and work with Ottawa councillors and our federal member of Parliament, Pierre Poilievre, and myself that we were able to bring everyone to the table to get that school built. I really credit Jamie for that.

So I want to, first of all, say thank you to him. Second of all, I want to wish him very, very happy times in his retirement. I think that it's going to be a great one.