Mr. Speaker, today is the national day against homophobia. Its theme is "this concerns all of us".
GRIS Québec and a number of other groups in Quebec have organized numerous activities for the day in order to remind us that difference and diversity must be accepted if every human being is to be respected.
Since this concerns all of us, I am today wearing a pink triangle, the official symbol of the day against homophobia.
In the concentration camps homosexuals, who were systematically discriminated against, were identified with the pink triangle. The celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the second world war offered an opportunity for us to remember all the victims of that war, including the thousands who suffered the most terrible atrocities because of their sexual orientation.
To break the silence and ensure that such things never happen again, I invite my colleagues to wear this symbol with pride on this day.