Mr. Speaker, the city and county of Peterborough have submitted a bid for the 2001 Canada Games.
The bid is the result of months of work by hundreds of volunteers. It includes details of our sports facilities and of our expertise in sports management.
The bid points out that we have already hosted the Ontario Games for the Physically Disabled, the National Slo-Pitch Championships, the Memorial Cup Tournament and two Ontario Summer Games. We have decades of experience in hosting sports events.
This bid has the full support of the city and county councils, local municipalities, the Curve Lake First Nation and our sports organizations. The bid already has strong financial as well as moral backing.
Peterborough will ensure that the first Canada Games of the new century will be the best ever. I urge all members to support Peterborough's bid.