Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise today to congratulate Cindy Klassen of my home city of Winnipeg who followed up her Olympic bronze medal with a silver medal at the World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands this past weekend.
Ms. Klassen won medals in four events, earning her the silver medal overall. This is the best Canadian showing in 26 years in long track speed skating and it caps an outstanding competitive year for this young athlete.
Our Canadian speed skaters continue to make us all very proud and to show the world that Canada is an emerging power in this sport. I congratulate Cindy and thank her for making us so proud.