Madam Speaker, Monday is Remembrance Day, the day when we pause to remember those who serve, those who continue to serve, those injured in body or mind, and those who gave their lives in service to Canada. Canada was built on eternal foundational values, values that include freedom, democracy, the rule of law, pluralism, peace and orderliness, yet our way of life has often been threatened or attacked, and it has had to be defended by the force of arms from those who would deny us our cherished values.
In Flanders Fields and the Somme, in Italy, on Juno Beach, the hills of Korea, on the DEW Line, in the air and on the seas, from Bosnia to Kandahar, to the war on ISIS, and today in Latvia, where brave Canadians lead a NATO battle group that gives reassurance to our allies, we who live in peace and comfort owe them a sacred obligation of remembrance, lest we forget.