Mr. Speaker, the Progressive Conservatives congratulate Canada's hockey team on winning the World Hockey Championships.
From veterans like Ryan Smyth, who wears his country on his sleeve, Kris Draper and Cory Cross to youngsters like Jay Bouwmeester, Dany Heatley and Daniel Brière, they represented us well, as did the star, Anson Carter, holding the Canadian flag and singing O Canada from the heart. I mention in particular Sean Burke who asked to play so that he could wear the maple leaf one more time.
Why is it that 23 hockey players can do what 301 politicians cannot?
For six days last week we talked about Canada failing us as a country. Yesterday we stood together with pride.
Maybe it is not the country that is failing us; maybe it is the team leading the country. Maybe it is time to switch to a new team. Maybe it is time to switch to the team with the blue jersey.