Mr. Speaker, “Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver”, sang Gilles Vigneault. Last week, the Quebec team proved it once again by winning the third snow sculpture competition here on Parliament Hill.
Normand and Martine Rousseau, of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, and Camilien Belhumeur, the mayor of St-Guillaume, took first place with a magnificent sculpture of the “Rocket”, Maurice Richard, a hero to Quebecers and the ideal person to illustrate the passion of our people.
This trio from the Drummondville area is not savouring its first success. Martine and Normand Rousseau have just won for the second consecutive year the international snow sculpture competition at the Quebec City carnival. Camilien Belhumeur has participated three times in the Parliament Hill competition, coming second in 1998.
On behalf of the people in the riding of Drummond, I would like to pay tribute to the members of the Quebec team, past masters at their art.
Mr. Belhumeur and Mr. and Mrs. Rousseau, we are proud of you.