Mr. Speaker, the hon. member and several colleagues have been working very hard to make sure that the 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games, which will be staged in Collingwood and Toronto, will not only be celebrated by 2,000 participants, 3,000 volunteers and people from some 80
countries, but that there will also be financial participation on behalf of the Government of Canada.
I can assure him that there will be specific financial participation. We have accepted his request that the funding from the federal government as suggested be $500,000.