Mr. Speaker, I join with Quebeckers and Canadians of Ukrainian origin to commemorate the Holodomor, which was inflicted on Ukraine in the early 1930s.
Between four and ten million Ukrainians lost their lives during this artificial famine, a deliberate act of genocide engineered by Stalin's Communist regime.
The goal was to take everything away from those who were the lifeblood of the Ukrainian nation and deport them.
I commend the Ukrainian people for their courage, and I hope that all Quebeckers and Canadians can learn from this tragedy.