Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise today to speak on an important topic to myself and several of my constituents. It is October and there is no baseball on television. Madam Speaker, for the past few weeks, we have heard the owners complain that the players want too much money and the players complain that each of the 28 major league owners have their own agenda that prevents them from working together. It kind of reminds me of this place sometimes, Madam Speaker, with salary caps and hidden agendas. We, however, have 58,000 owners.
But seriously, Madam Speaker, I feel there is a far darker cloud than two sides of a labour dispute that cannot agree on how to divide the spoils. The plot may indeed reach all the way to the White House.
Madam Speaker, the simple reason there is no world series this year are the Montreal Expos. I do not think that the upper echelon of American society could stand to see their national past-time's greatest honour go to a Canadian team for a third year in a row.
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Even though because of the strike, major league baseball announced yesterday that the Toronto Bluejays remain world champions, I still think there is a plot. Madam Speaker, I can't prove these allegations, but maybe the Premier could use some of her pull with CSIS or the RCMP to do some investigation.
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I would like to ask the House, Madam Speaker, to join me in congratulating the Montreal Expos for winning the national league eastern pennant for having the best record in baseball and for being Canada's unofficial world series champion. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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