Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the House that Edmund Burke said that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men or women to do nothing.
Fifty years ago today one million Canadians took up the charge to fight the evil. I was reminded of this yesterday at a church service of the Branch 6 Legion, which had three Victoria Cross members. They were Billy Bishop, Tommy Holmes, and David Currie. David Currie was a second world war veteran who risked his life to defend a group of tanks in the army in 1944.
I would like to thank all Canadians and in particular the Grey and Simcoe Foresters and Branch 6 for their help during the war. I would like to thank their families as well for what they put up with in order to ensure that we have the democracy we have today.