Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I welcome the return of two Laval athletes from the games in Kuala Lumpur: Alexandre Despatie, who, at age 13, became one of the youngest athletes in the history of the Commonwealth Games to win a gold medal, and Kasia Kulesza, who won a gold medal in synchronized swimming for her duo with Jacinthe Taillon.
Kasia Kulesza won a bronze medal twice already: first, at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and then at the 1997 world championships in Ganzhou, China.
Kasia is a resident of Laval East, the riding I have the honour of representing in this House. She is one of the finest up and coming young athletes in Quebec.
On behalf of the people of Laval, I congratulate you, Kasia, and wish you the best of luck in the coming Olympics.