Mr. Speaker, I too wish to pay tribute to the excellence of the Gemini Awards Gala, which I attended yesterday evening in Montreal's Théâtre Saint-Denis.
Many of French Canada's television artists and creators were honoured. The small screen's most popular francophone artists received numerous awards.
It was in 1986 that the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television introduced a category for television and created the Gemini awards. The Geminis honour the excellence of the work done both by those in front of and those behind the camera.
Let us pay tribute to the passion and commitment of the organizers, the artists, the creators and the enthusiastic audience for without them there would be no gala.
On behalf of the entire House, I congratulate the Gemini winners.