June is here and hopefully it will bring warm weather. With all the cool days and snow in western Canada, one would wonder about the validity of the claims by some experts about global warming. I saw an article last year that claimed seven hundred years ago bananas were grown at the border of England and Scotland. That would seem to indicate that the world was cooling. Fact or fiction, I don't know.

When parliament was prorogued, a piece of legislation that was left unfinished was the bill on White Collar crime. It was important to many people including seniors who had lost millions of dollars, which is some cases was their life savings.

Information received from the office of Justice Minister Rob Nicholson confirmed that the legislation was reintroduced in parliament in early May. Two points that I had asked for when speaking to the Standing Committee on Justice were (a) mandatory prison time and (b) restitution. These are now included in the legislation.

A letter was received from a Seniors Centre regarding Liability insurance under the U S C O. The answer to that is, each club is responsible for their own business, and the U S C O is not involved in providing insurance. However due to recent occurrences, of which U S C O is aware, it is strongly advised that every club should have a liability insurance policy.

As this will be my last message before summer, I will take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe, happy and healthy summer. I also hope to see at least some of you at the convention being held at the Holiday Inn in Guelph on August 16, 17 and 18th. Until then, Adieu...