Mr. Speaker, this past Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi.
This is a mall I visited on many occasions on my previous visits to Kenya. This attack claimed the lives of 67 individuals, including two Canadians, Naguib Damji and Annemarie Desloges.
Annemarie, a distinguished public servant who served at Canada's High Commission in Kenya, lost her life in this senseless act of violence perpetrated by al Shabaab.
Our thoughts continue to be with the victims and families affected by this horrific attack. Terrorism remains a serious threat in East Africa. That is why we have been directly supporting international efforts to combat al Shabaab in Africa, in particular through our support of AMISOM.
We will continue working with Kenya to fight terrorism, which is a menace with no boundaries.