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Newfoundland and Labrador

Jonathan is a member of the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship team at Memorial, which is part of an organization that has some fifty chapters across Canada. This group is part of an international group called SIFE, which encompasses some 1,500 university campuses across forty-two countries.

Mr. Speaker, this ambitious ACE Memorial team placed second at the Students in Free Enterprise World Cup that was held in New York City last year. They also participated in the national competition in May and were chosen to represent Canada at the international competition. Some 2,200 people from more than fifty countries attended this international competition - with business executives, including some of the world’s top CEOs, judging the competition.

Mr. Speaker, SIFE students are concerned with developing outreach projects that teach entrepreneurship, market economics, business ethics and finance in their communities. One of the successes that the ACE team had been involved in, in our Province, is the Moulder of Dreams, which is a pottery studio in Port Hope Simpson, in my district, for people who suffer from Myotonic Dystrophy – and, Mr. Speaker, they have done a very successful job in that particular project.

The competition started off with the opening round having eight divisions, with five or six teams in each division. They had to compete in twenty-four minutes, making presentations, and then they were advanced to different levels. The other three finalists were the United States, Albania and Nigeria, with the team from the United States taking the top honours.

Mr. Speaker, our team in Newfoundland and Labrador – who represented Canada – was the runner-up in this highly competitive world event, and I think they should be congratulated.

I ask members of the House to join me in acknowledging Jonathan Earle and the team of ACE Memorial in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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