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The Olympic and Paralympic Games will benefit all Canadians. I remember back when we won the Olympic bid. There was incredible enthusiasm in the Vancouver area, where I'm from. There was a lot of enthusiasm in British Columbia. My sense has been that this enthusiasm hasn't been spread across the country, although it's coming up bit by bit. I think what Canadians need to recognize is that these are Canada's games. You have the Torino games, the Athens games, the Atlanta games, Salt Lake City games, but we want them to be Canada's games. Two thirds of the athletes for the 2010 games will come from the province of Quebec. It is in the interests of Quebec that the federal government have a strong role in the 2010 games.
That's why we've made investments—for example, $55 million, as I described in my opening, for the Own the Podium program. We've invested $24.5 million for the torch relay. As I said, the torch relay criss-crosses 45,000 kilometres of the country. I think 85% or 90% of Canadians will be within a one-hour to 90-minute drive of the torch at some point along the route.
I'm dating myself here, but I remember when Rick Hansen came to my community when he was doing his tour. I can't remember what grade I was in, but I was really young. I thought how amazing, incredible, and inspirational that was.
We want to make sure that all Canadians feel part of the 2010 games, and the torch relay is a part of that. So we passed the money in the budget last year, $24.5 million for the relay, which will involve francophone communities outside of the province of Quebec. We will ensure that there are artistic celebrations throughout the torch relay, which will go across this country. It's going to be a fantastic event. We're also spending over $34 million towards legacies for first nations.
We really want the 2010 Olympics to be Canada's games, and we want it to be about bringing people together. Frankly, I can't think of a better time than now, when we have a lot of divisions in this country about the economy and people thinking very much about their family and the impact of the economy on their community and on their province and maybe their region. I think it's time we have these grand projects that unite us all as a country. If you look at the 2010 games and what we've been able to accomplish around those, the four host first nations are involved, enthusiastic, and proud to be hosting the 2010 games. We have support from municipal government for the building of the venues. We have incredible infrastructure projects. We are all working together, municipally, federally, provincially, and first nations, pulling on the same rope to host this incredible opportunity.
In a year's time—a year from this week, I think—when we have those opening ceremonies at B.C. Place stadium, 3.2 billion people around the world will turn their eyes to Canada. As a proud British Columbian, looking at Canada through the lens of British Columbia and across, I think it's going to be a fantastic event for the country.
We've made investments into infrastructure for delivery of services. We have the opening ceremonies, the torch relay, first nations, the Cultural Olympiad. This is going to be a great project for the country.
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