I would like to thank my colleague for the words he shared today in honour of Remembrance Day, which is coming up next week. I am a proud granddaughter of a veteran who fought in the Second World War. My grandfather Daniel Albert McCoy was a gunner, shot down over Belgium, and he actually lived in the underground for two years before he was able to get back to my mother and my grandmother.
I noticed that the member did not mention that today is Indigenous Veterans Day, and the stories we often do not hear are the stories of indigenous veterans: first nations, Métis and Inuit men and women who so bravely fought for our country and for our freedom. I think about people like Tommy George Prince, William Cleary, Tom Charles Longboat and so many others whose stories have not been told. Today of all days we need to acknowledge indigenous veterans.