Mr. Speaker, when the Juno Beach Centre opens this week, a bronze sculpture called “Remembrance and Renewal” will be the centrepiece of the courtyard leading into the centre.
It features five helmeted figures facing outward from a circle. Each figure represents a distinct emotion, such as leadership, vigour and alertness. Another looks sombre and reflective. A fourth figure advances while assisting a comrade.
It was sculpted by Colin Gibson and cast at Artcast Inc. foundry in Georgetown, in the riding I serve.
I would like to thank the sculptor and Artcast Inc. for their contribution to the Juno Beach Centre.
Above all, I would like to pay tribute to the veterans who stormed the beaches of the Normandy coast in 1944, for all the sacrifices they made.
We will remember them.