moved for leave to introduce Bill C-432 entitled an act respecting Raoul Wallenberg Day.
Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present a bill to celebrate the life of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish citizen who could have taken advantage of the fact that his country was a neutral country during the war and led a very quiet life. Instead, he almost lost it.
He risked his life to save more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews.
Indeed he saved more Jews during the war from the Holocaust than many countries of the world. The intent of my bill is to proclaim January 17 as Raoul Wallenberg Day.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)