Qualtrough, a three-time Paralympic medalist, says Tokyo Games can be ‘moment of hope’

As Canadian athletes prepare to compete at the Tokyo Olympics under extraordinary circumstances, several Olympians and Paralympians who now serve in Parliament reflect on how the Games have shaped their approach to public service.

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, pictured in 2016 at an event with Sen. Chantal Petitclerc, a fellow former Paralympian. Ms. Qualtrough was in Tokyo with Canada's athletes for opening of the delayed 2020 Olympic Games. 'It's the world kind of putting a stake in the ground and saying globally that, 'We are resilient, we are going to get through this.' And in the future we will look back at these Games and remember how important it was for the world that this moment of hope occurred.'The Hill Times file photograph

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BY Ian Campbell

July 23, 2021

Canada's Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, who is in Tokyo, Japan, for the opening of the Summer Olympics, has a close personal relationship to the Games. As a former Paralympian, Ms. Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) competed in swimming at the 1988 Seoul Games and 1992 Barcelona Games, winning three b...

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