 How's everyone feeling? Listen, I know a lot of Olympians were thanking Me and thanking us as parliamentarians for welcoming you into the House of Commons Let me tell you we are more grateful that you came in to youthful up the place and to make us all so proud The energy you bring Anywhere you go. I mean in this collective number to this House of Commons to this Parliament is amazing But each of you individually for the rest of your lives will inspire every room you walk into We'll leave people proud of the maple leaf We all love so much and proud of what our country and what you have done So thank you for sharing a little bit of your glory with this place today But before going too far I really want to take a moment to underline the extraordinary work That Carla did every day as a sports minister and handicapped people Thank you Carla for everything you do Her commitment and determination to serve Canadians are nothing less than incredible And I am certain that everyone in this room can witness it And thank you all for being with us today for this very special event It is my absolute pleasure to host you today athletes coaches athletic staff and MPs Because of you and by extension your country We all had an extraordinarily successful experience in Rio. Thank you for that I know that like most Canadians my family had the Olympics and Paralympics on at our place this past August and September And let me say that your drive and determination and dedication was really something to watch Canadians across the country and indeed around the world felt immense pride in your amazing Accomplishments that you've really and truly trained all your lives for I think that for me What stood out the most while watching you compete wasn't your physical strength or even your mental strength Although rest assured those were always on full display It was your strength of spirit Your tenacity and it was your willingness to always push past your limits on behalf of that maple leaf on your uniform Thank you for that Je veux vous remercier profondément. I'd like to thank you Sincerely and profoundly for serving your country for representing the very best of Canadian sport on the world stage and for Inspiring a generation of Canadian kids to work hard and dream big this nation could not be more proud Congratulations on all of your extraordinary accomplishments. Merci beaucoup. Thank you