Mr. Speaker, I recently had the honour of attending the opening ceremonies of the All Community Games.
Led by Alan Cui, a 13-year-old boy, I sang This Land is Your Land among a chorus of young voices at the Bill Crothers Secondary School to mark the opening of the All Community Games.
What an incredible personification of Canada. Regardless of the languages we speak, the cultures we are part of, or the faiths that we practise, in that song and throughout the games, everyone was unified in calling this land home. That is why our government has invested in levelling the playing field so women and girls, children, youth, and adults with intellectual disabilities and people in indigenous communities can participate fully in sport.
The All Community Games, a multicultural celebration of athletics and sport, have been led by the passion of chairman Joseph Fong for the last 14 years.
I was honoured to be a part of that day.