Member for saanich north and islands yeah. Thank you, mr speaker. In february we were lucky to cheer on 215 canadians competing in the winter olympics, 32 of which were from british columbia of those 32. I'd like to talk about one today, micah zandi hart is from saanichton in my riding of saanich north and the islands, and is now also an olympic gold medalist in women's hockey.

Her olympic journey began watching the canadian women's team uh win gold in salt lake city in 2002. I think a start for many uh olympians is watching their their their heroes, win uh previously she's the first player from vancouver island to be part of the women's national hockey team micah played collegiate hockey for cornell and her path to securing a spot on team.

Canada was made more difficult in 2021 when she suffered two injuries a broken hand in january when she was blocking a shot and then season-ending shoulder surgery that happened in march that forced her to miss the world championships. Last year after uh rehab micah was healthy and ready to play in time for the 2022 olympic team. She made her olympic debut on february 3rd. In a 12-1 win over switzerland and tallied her first olympic assist in a game versus roc.

She would go on to add three more assists to her resume over the course of the games playing important minutes on a stalwart defensive unit that allowed only 10 goals in seven games. Micah's olympic journey culminated in, of course, that 3-2 gold medal game win over the united states. She was uh canada. This was canada's third gold medal in the last four winter games. Congratulations to micah and all her teammates on the golden canadian women's hockey team.

You have made saanich north and the islands proud and all of canada, proud and all the best in your future. Endeavors.