Bonjour and welcome to you all.
Welcome to Parliament.
On behalf of my colleagues here in the House, it is a great pleasure to welcome you today. Canadians across the country are so proud of you. Everyone appreciates the years of training, sacrifice and determination it takes to become a world-class athlete.
Your example of hard work and dedication in the pursuit of your sport is such a source of inspiration. You motivate all of us to perform to the best of our abilities, no matter what our field of endeavour, and in this way, you are helping to build a better and stronger Canada. Indeed, that is the power of greatness. It expands beyond the individual and touches everyone.
We are so proud to have you with us today, and we want to recognize the special people who have been by your side on your journey to excellence, the coaches and your families, as well as the administrative and support teams and the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic committees, for their constant support.
Thanks to your efforts, the Canadian team won 21 medals, including five gold medals, at the Olympic Games, and 15 medals, including three gold medals, at the Paralympic Games.
On behalf of all members of Parliament, I would like to thank you for representing our country so well. We are proud of you.
Before I end, I would like to say, pursuant to the order made on Thursday, April 30, the names of the Olympic and Paralympic athletes are deemed read and will be printed in the Debates of the House.
Canada's 2026 Olympic and Paralympic athletes:
Brooke Ailey, Kailey Allan, Cynthia Appiah, Emma Archibald, Rob Armstrong, Taylor Austin, Jesse Bachinsky, Evan Bichon, Danaé Blais, Ivanie Blondin, Vincent Boily, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Rachel Brown, Florence Brunelle, Cédrick Brunet, Josip Brusic, Kaylie Buck, Collin Cameron, Florence Carrier, Jane Channell, Hallie Clarke, Skye Clarke, Dominic Cozzolino, Antoine Cyr, William Dandjinou, Gilbert Dash, Jay Dearborn, Dylan Deschamps, Maxime Deschamps, Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert, Brooke D'Hondt, Rikki Doak, Jasmine Drolet, Rémi Drolet, Kevin Drury, Laurent Dubreuil, James Dunn, Trinity Ellis, Kalle Eriksson, Mike Evelyn O'Higgins, Jasper Fleming, Tracy Fleury, Ina Forrest, Amy Fraser, Liliane Gagnon, Brett Gallant, Elena Gaskell, Arnaud Gaudet, Felicity Geremia, Rachel Germain, Piper Gilles, Dillan Glennie, Stephen Gogolev, Alexis Guimond, Auren Halbert, Daniel Hall, Laura Hall, Sandrine Hamel, Ben Heldman, Tyrone Henry, Liam Hickey, Carolina Hiller-Donnelly, Maximillian Hollmann, Chris Holmstead, Elizabeth Hosking, Brittany Hudak, Mark Ideson, Lewis Irving, Anton Jacobs-Webb, Brianne Jenner, Anders Johnson, Collinda Joseph, Rachael Karker, Adam Kingsmill, Ashley Koehler, David La Rue, Marjorie Lajoie, Maxime Laoun, Marie-Jade Lauriault, Romain Le Gac, Jessica Linton, Andrew Longino, Melissa Lotholz, Brendan Mackay, Alison Mackie, Valérie Maltais, Dylan Marineau, Emerance Maschmeyer, Alexander Massie, Nicole Maurer, Brooklyn McDougall, Evan McEachran, Tyler McGregor, Xavier McKeever, Audrey McManiman, Trennt Michaud, Emma Miskew, Kelsey Mitchell, Liam Moffatt, Aurélie Moisan, Madison Mullin, Ali Nullmeyer, Kurt Oatway, Megan Oldham, Pascale Paradis, Lia Pereira, Jocelyn Peterman, Christina Picton, Beattie Podulsky, Paul Poirier, Bianca Ribi, Dawn Richardson Wilson, Gavin Rowell, Brian Rowland, Leo Sammarelli, Courtney Sarault, Maddie Schizas, Hannah Schmidt, Cassie Sharpe, Skylar Sieben, Amelia Smart, Cameron Spalding, Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Thomas Stephen, Katherine Stewart-Jones, Laurence St-Germain, Luka Stoikos, Abigail Strate, Embyr-Lee Susko, Marion Thénault, Marielle Thompson, Jon Thurston, Tyler Turner, Naomi Urness, Elliot Vaillancourt, Devin Wardrope, Isabelle Weidemann, Amelia Wells, Greg Westlake, Sarah Wilkes, Natalie Wilkie and Mark Zanette.
And Canada’s 2026 Olympic and Paralympic athletes having left the Chamber: