Mr. Speaker, the Centre communautaire de loisirs Jean-Noël Trudel, a community recreation centre in Bas‑du‑Cap, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
The centre welcomes more than 2,500 people a week, offering a multitude of services to the community, including sponsorship programs, activities for disadvantaged youth, day camps, sports and cultural activities, and the list goes on.
The centre owes its popularity and success to its passionate and dedicated staff. The centre's heart and soul is its executive director, Gaétan Laperrière. Since first being hired in 1989, he has worked as a group leader, an usher and a volleyball manager, and later served as program manager and general manager in 2008.
It is largely thanks to the dedication of Gaétan and his team that the Centre Jean-Noël Trudel can provide so many quality services to the people in the area.
Congratulations to Gaétan and his team. I wish everyone at the Centre Jean-Noël Trudel a happy 40th anniversary and continued success.