Mr. Speaker, in recognition of National Child Day, I would like to read two paragraphs of a poem that was written by a child prostitute entitled “A Commitment to Children”.
And we accept responsibility for those whose nightmares come in the daytime who never eat anything who have never seen a dentist who aren't spoiled by anybody who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep who live and move but have no being.
And we accept responsibility for children who want to be carried and for those we never give up on and for those who don't ask for a second chance for those we smother and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it.
Let us make this commitment not just on November 20, but for the rest of our lives here as parliamentarians.