Mr. Speaker, this week marks the anniversary of the 1959 United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
At no point in our history has it been more important to speak out clearly on the devastation our planet is wreaking upon its children. Numerous wars in every corner of the world have caused the displacement and death of countless children. Child labour in many parts of the world have robbed children of the fun and innocence of childhood.
In our part of the world poverty and homelessness continue to eat away at the fabric that binds together families with children.
It is the right of children to live in peace, to be cared for, nurtured and educated. It is their right to enjoy a quality of life that we would want for ourselves. We in the House would do well to rededicate ourselves to that end.