At a time when other countries are still reporting thousands of COVID-related cases every day and many, many deaths, we are here able to pretty much lead normal lives. We saw it when we had the Speech from the Throne, we're all sitting together in this room, we hug each other when our new colleagues are doing their maiden speeches. This is something that many, many other countries couldn't even dream of. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I worry about my family on the other side of the world in the Netherlands where COVID is still claiming so many lives every day. Nine thousand people have died so far in a country that's the size of Northland; it's only about three times the population of New Zealand. So we should really be counting our blessings.