Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition signed by 656 people from across the country.
December 13 marks the sombre anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. In 1937, members of the Japanese Imperial Army raped between 20,000 and 80,000 Chinese women and girls and killed roughly 300,000 people. Witnesses of the Nanjing massacre described these atrocities as hell on earth.
The military sexual slavery system of the Japanese military expanded rapidly, affecting an estimated 200,000 women from Korea, the Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other countries.
Canadian citizens are calling on the Government of Canada to declare December 13 of each year as Nanjing massacre commemorative day.