Mr. Speaker, early this morning, on the coast of Ireland, a few families will be lighting candles and sending them into the water.
In Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver today, people will come together and reflect on the terrible events of June 23, 1985 when hundreds of people were killed by bombs that were built and set in Canada.
The Air India bombing stands as a terrible act of violence and terror, an event that took Canadians far too long to recognize in its full significance.
We recognize the courage and dignity of those who died and those who lived. We dedicate ourselves to the struggle against extremism and against violence, and we remember the words that are found on each monument memorializing these lives:
Time flies, suns rise and shadows fall,
Let it pass by, love reigns forever over all.