Rider Pride

From Hansard, Member's Statement on November 26, 2007:

Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, CPC):

Mr. Speaker, green is the colour, football is the game, and last night Rider fans from coast to coast to coast celebrated a victory from the greatest football team in Canada.

As I speak, the Grey Cup is on plane travelling back to Regina where thousands of fans await its arrival at Mosaic Stadium.

I would like to congratulate the Saskatchewan Roughriders, players, coaches and the hundreds of thousands of fans throughout the Rider Nation on their championship season.

Head coach Kent Austin did a fantastic job throughout the year, and now the Grey Cup is ours. Rider pride is alive and well, not only in Regina, but throughout the province and throughout the country.

The Riders are a community team supported by virtually everyone who has ever lived in the province. The fans are simply the best around.

Riders supporters stayed with their team through the highs and the lows, and now the residents of Saskatchewan can be proud of last night's win and knowing that a victory for the province is well deserved for everyone who bleeds green and white.

I would ask all members of this assembly to join with me in saluting the Pride of the Prairies , Canada's favourite football team, this year's 2007 Grey cup Champions, the Saskatchewan Roughriders.