Mr. Speaker, we have a duty to commemorate one of the greatest tragedies in our country, a tragedy that occurred in my riding of Outremont at the Polytechnique 30 years ago today.
On that day 14 women were killed by a semi-automatic rifle. Why? Because they were women.
We know the task before us. It is to legislate stronger gun control, such as for the type of gun used to kill those 14 young women.
Today at 5:10 p.m., 14 white lights will shine from across Mount Royal in Montreal where the Prime Minister and I, and hundreds of others, will honour the memory of those victims. As I look around this chamber at the women here and in my community, I know how deeply that act of cowardice has failed to silence women.