Mr. Speaker, for two children in my community the opportunity to learn, to play, to grow, and to love will never come again.
Last Friday, 10-year old Wilson and 8-year old Margret Kasonde were shot to death in their father's west end apartment. I can think of no greater horror for a family to face than the one their mother and little brother now face. Our hearts go out to them as they try to survive this terrible tragedy.
The children's school and others in the neighbourhood are seeking to reassure hundreds of children who have lost their sense of security and innocence with this tragic event. The pain of these two deaths permeates the whole community.
Tonight the people of Carlington will hold a candle light vigil in memory of Wilson and Margret and to declare their determination to end violence that destroys so many lives and to control the instruments of violence that can kill so quickly and so finally. I ask us all to join them in that determination.