It is my pleasure today to welcome to the House of Commons, on behalf of all hon. members, medallists at this year's Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Torino. It is a lengthy list and I would ask all hon. members to hold their applause until I have finished reading out the list of athletes. I stress this is a lengthy list, so some restraint please.
I will read the names of the Olympians first.
Bobsleigh: Lascelles Brown, Pierre Lueders.
Curling, Men: Mike Adam, Jamie Korab.
Curling, Women: Sandra Jenkins, Christine Keshen, Amy Nixon.
Freestyle Skiing: Jennifer Heil.
Hockey, Women: Jennifer Botterill, Gillian Ferrari, Carla MacLeod, Cheryl Pounder, Colleen Sostorics, Katie Weatherston.
Snowboarding: Dominique Maltais.
Speed skating Long Track: Steve Elm, Kristina Groves, Denny Morrison and Jason Parker.
Speed Skating, Short Track: Éric Bédard, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Mathieu Turcotte.
Paralympians:
Alpine skiing: Kimberley Joines, Chris Williamson and Lauren Woolstencroft.
Curling: Karen Blachford, Gary Cormack, Christopher Daw, Sonja Gaudet.
Cross-country skiing: Colette Bourgonje and Brian McKeever.
Sledge Hockey: Jeremy Booker, Bradley Bowden, Billy Bridges, Marc Dorion, Raymond Grassi, Jean Labonté, Hervé Lord, Shawn Matheson, Graeme Murray, Todd Nicholson, Paul Rosen, Benoît St-Amand, Dany Verner, and Greg Westlake.
Your Olympic and Paralympic successes have earned you the admiration, respect and gratitude of Canada and indeed the world. In Turin, you won 37 medals. Congratulations.