Mr. Speaker, recently Trois-Rivières hosted the Quebec finals of the Bell science super-expo. Nearly 150 young scientists from all over Quebec were sent by their local regional scientific recreation councils to this event, with a total of 95 exhibits, either experiments or explanations of some phenomenon in layman's language.
Today we would like to pay tribute to the Conseil de développement du loisir scientifique du Québec and the Conseil du loisir scientifique de la Mauricie-Bois-Francs-Drummond. They, in conjunction with the Trois-Rivières campus of l'Université du Québec, were responsible for the great success of this event.
Our congratulations go to Bell, the main sponsors, the Bell employee volunteers, the many other partners and sponsors, the members of the organizing committee, the many volunteers from all regions of Quebec and, of course, all the budding scientists who took part in this prelude to the Canadian finals, which in turn lead up to the international finals, which will be held in South Africa in 1997.