Mr. Speaker, each year on November 11 Canadians honour the memory of those who gave their lives in the Boer war, two world wars, the Korean war and under the UN for the cause of peacemaking and peacekeeping.
We also pay tribute to veterans who returned after these wars, after serving their country with such courage and self-sacrifice.
The Prime Minister has dedicated the week of November 3 to 11 Veterans Week. I encourage all members of the House to help bring together veterans organizations and schools so that veterans can tell their stories to people too young to have firsthand knowledge of wars.
Today Canadians live in a land untouched by war. We enjoy a quality of life that has been built on the dedication and sacrifice of those who fought oppression and tyranny in decades past.
Let us use Veterans Week to rededicate ourselves to the cause of serving Canada, freedom and democracy.