Mr. Speaker, I held my first spring cleanup last Saturday. More than 40 people joined forces to help the environment.
There were students from Sainte-Geneviève school and their parents; youth from the LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School; Raphaël and François-Xavier's mother, father and grandmother, along with many others.
We cleaned up parks, schoolyards, sidewalks and bicycle paths. We talked about the footprint our activities leave on the environment and the need to reduce our consumption.
We saw how the birds and fish are affected by the garbage we leave lying around. My riding runs along the St. Lawrence River.
I would like to thank the Table de développement social de LaSalle, Héritage laurentien, the borough of LaSalle and my team for their invaluable co-operation. It made my first spring cleanup a great success.
Thank you, and here is to the second edition.