Mr. Speaker, last December 29, a young Canadian of Burundian origin, Arthur Kabunda, was killed in an ambush in Burundi. This tragedy got no Canadian media coverage whatsoever, nor did the government speak out against this attack.
On January 24, his fellow students at the community college in Bathurst, New Brunswick, paid tribute to Mr. Kabunda.
I wish to pay tribute to a peerless student and a citizen of this country who was a victim of war.
I call upon representatives of the government, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister, to extend sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Kabunda and to make a greater commitment to restoring world peace.