Honorables sénateurs, parler de Bill Petten dans n'importe quel contexte - à propos de sa vie privée, de sa merveilleuse famille, de son travail au Sénat, de ses activités politiques, de ses oeuvres de bienfaisance ou de son implication dans les oeuvres de sa paroisse à Terre-Neuve, de sa carrière dans les affaires -, tout cela ne voudrait pas dire grand-chose si l'on ne mentionnait pas Bernice, sa femme.
Honourable senators, to speak of Bill Petten in any framework - in terms of his domestic life, of his wonderful family, of his work in the Senate, his political activities, his charitable or church-related work in Newfoundland, his business career - would be absolutely meaningless without mentioning Bernice, his wife.
