Mr. Speaker, this time last year there was a debate in the House on Canada's national sport, lacrosse.
At that time we not only reaffirmed the importance of lacrosse to our culture and heritage, we named it as the national summer sport while hockey would become our national winter sport. This House actually came to an all-party agreement that lacrosse and hockey would be our national sports.
Lacrosse has been part of our cultural heritage for many years. The sport is indigenous to Canada through the First Nations and existed here before Canada did as a country. Now it is having its funding abruptly cut and the government is refusing to support this important national treasure.
I call on Sport Canada and the Minister of Canadian Heritage to review this decision. While all of us must tighten our belts to get our fiscal house in order, surely our national sport deserves better treatment.