Mr. Speaker, on December 6, 1989, 14 young women tragically lost their lives at École Polytechnique at the Université de Montreal.
After these young women were shot by a man with a semi-automatic weapon, we swore to never forget. Canadian politicians agreed that the way to move forward was to eliminate gun-related violence. We committed to understanding the source of the pain of women who are victims of violence.
Have we listened to the demands made by some victims and their families? Our daily lives are tainted by this violence from the past and the violence committed every day against women from all ethnic and social backgrounds.
We cannot forget our sisters who disappear amid indifference, whether they are aboriginal, Métis, white or immigrant women. Today, for all of these women who are victims of violence, I remember.