Mr. Speaker, as you know, 14-year-old Athena Gervais died on March 1, 2018, on the grounds of a high school in Laval, in my riding.
Toxicology testing is still under way, and the results will tell us more about how she died. This tragedy should prompt us, as a society, to ensure the best possible future for our young people by re-examining how we support them and how we regulate beverages with a high alcohol content. Young Athena could have been any young Canadian. Let's make sure that this never happens again.
My thoughts are with her family, her mother, whom I have had the opportunity to meet, her father, who is with us on the Hill today, her sisters, and all her friends and loved ones. This situation concerns us all, and we need to reflect on it very carefully.