Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today in honour of Child Find's Green Ribbon of Hope month.
Thousands of children go missing in Canada every year. Each time a child is abducted, a family and a community is devastated. They suffer a loss that is unbearable. Together they hope and pray for the child's safe return. The reality is that many children are never found and many others lose their lives to their abductors.
Our children must be protected. It is the responsibility of this government and indeed of all Canadians to guarantee that protection.
Members of this House can help Child Find in its search by printing pictures of missing children in their householders and by supporting recent initiatives to have missing children posters displayed in our government buildings.
Today I encourage all hon. members to wear the green ribbon of hope throughout the month of May to raise awareness and support for this very urgent cause, our missing children.