For Immediate Release<\/p>\n
March 12, 2010<\/p>\n
OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement as the Vancouver Paralympics opened today:<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada proudly welcomes the world to our beautiful West coast once again, this time for the 2010 Paralympic Games. With today\u2019s opening ceremonies, our talented athletes are ready to live the Olympic dream following years of training and dedication to their sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout these games, Canadians from coast to coast to coast will share the same national pride for our Paralympic team as was on display two weeks ago.\u00a0 We are so proud of the Paralympic athletes who will be wearing our colours. As athletes who have all overcome obstacles to compete at the highest level, they are the finest role models that young Canadians could ever have.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada and our Parliamentary caucus, I wish all Paralympians the greatest of success during these 2010 games. Your accomplishments are our accomplishments \u2013 and we stand behind you the whole way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liberal Critic for Amateur Sport and the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics, Joyce Murray, added:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt is with great pride that I welcome all Paralympians and spectators from across Canada and around the world to my treasured city once again. Today\u2019s opening ceremonies will be a showcase of all that is great about Canada, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to cheer on our exceptional Paralympic athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n -30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For Immediate Release March 12, 2010 OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement as the Vancouver Paralympics opened today: \u201cCanada proudly welcomes the world to our beautiful West coast once again, this time for the 2010 Paralympic Games. With today\u2019s opening ceremonies, our talented athletes are ready to live the Olympic dream […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}