Hon. Alice Wong, P.C.

On March 26, 2010, Alice Wong made a statement in the House of Commons about the winners of the gold medal in wheelchair curling during the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic games and the Rick Hansen Institute for spinal injury research.

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Mrs. Alice Wong (Richmond, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to honour two extraordinary individuals from my riding, Mr. James Armstrong and Mr. Darryl Neighbour.

Both gentlemen are phenomenal wheelchair curlers and were an integral part of Canada’s wheelchair curling team that won the gold medal in the Paralympic Games in Vancouver last Saturday.

I congratulate Jim and Darryl on their incredible performance. They have made all Canadians proud.

On that note, I would also like to bring attention to the launch of the Rick Hansen Institute and applaud our government and the Government of B.C. for making a total pledge of $38.5 million toward the project which aims to raise $200 million for spinal injury research by 2012. Rick is Richmond’s own Man In Motion.

This is only one of the many measures that our government has introduced in year two of Canada’s economic action plan to help people with disabilities and their families participate more fully in our country’s social and economic life.

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