Mr. Speaker, this morning, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet, six preschool children died in a highway accident.
Four children died on impact, a fifth child died on the way to the hospital and another child died later. Three children remain in hospital, one of them in critical condition.
On behalf of myself, the Bloc Quebecois and all members of this House I offer my deepest sympathy to the families facing this terrible catastrophe.
I would like them to know that we share their pain and hope they may have the courage to carry on through this awful trial. I would also like to express the hope that the children currently fighting for their lives in hospital may fully recover as quickly as possible.
I would remind all the families affected by this tragedy that, as the great writer Alexandre Dumas said one day, those we have loved and lost are not where they used to be, but they are with us always wherever we may be.