Mr. speaker, today we join citizens around the world in declaring our support for the noble effort of eliminating racism.
Racial and religious discrimination have been the cause of too many wars and too much human suffering and any effort, be it by the United Nations or by individuals, to eliminate those two scourges should be applauded.
We pride ourselves in Canada on our ethnic racial diversity and tolerance, and well we should. Canada should continue to hold itself up as a shining example of what racial and religious tolerance should be like.
I am proud that in my constituency there are people from every corner of the earth and we live peacefully together and enjoy our differences.
I salute the United Nations and suggest the motto for Canada should be, “It does not matter where we came from as individuals. What does matter is where we are going together as Canadians.”