Mr. Speaker, I am sure you will be pleased that a clerical oversight that deprived the Lincoln and Welland Regiment of two World War II battle honours has finally been corrected.
Regrettably, the regiment failed to receive honours for the unit's final two battles when scrolls were presented to Canadian military units in 1951. The oversight was recently detected, and scrolls citing exceptional conduct and courage at the Battle of Kusten Canal in April 1945 and the Battle of Bad Zwisehenahn in May 1945 were presented at a reunion for veterans.
Seventy-two men of the regiment died and approximately a hundred more were wounded in these two campaigns. These two scrolls recognizing the regiment's efforts in these two very intense battles during the closing days of the war are proudly placed on the armoury wall beside 16 others.
Peace and freedom were purchased for us with the sweat, toil, tears and blood of those like the Lincoln and Welland Regiment who walked the road before us. My congratulations go out to the Lincoln and Welland Regiment for this well deserved honour. My sincere appreciation goes out to veterans everywhere.