Mr. Speaker, the world of sports in Quebec has just lost one of its foremost representatives. Claude Hardy passed away yesterday as the result of an illness he had fought valiantly to the end.
For 45 years, Claude Hardy worked in amateur sport. He was first a national and international athlete in weightlifting, he then became a trainer and later on he became a sport adviser.
He was formerly the head of the Quebec delegation to the Canada Games. He was also a member of the Commonwealth Games Association and of the Canadian Olympic Association, from which he resigned following the delay in the decision on Quebec City's application for the 2010 Olympics.
The Bloc Quebecois shares in the sadness of the family and friends of Mr. Hardy and offers to them its sincere condolences.