Madam Speaker, today we recognize the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
It is 15 years since 14 women lost their lives at the École polytechnique de Montréal.
Yet 15 years later, at this very moment across Canada, women are experiencing the obscenity of brutality. Canadian women continue to see their lives ended by senseless acts of violence.
I want to pay tribute to Nelson House in my riding, and to all those shelters and services that help women and their children escape violence, and all the people who continue to work to end this scourge in our society.