Mr. Speaker, it has been 35 years since the massacre at École Polytechnique. As I do every year, I will be joining my community on Mount Royal to commemorate and honour the 14 women whose lives were stolen simply because they were women.
The advocacy of survivors like Nathalie Provost and the members of PolyRemembers continues to inspire and encourage us to strengthen gun control across the country. Especially on a day like today, and today in particular, I rise in the House of Commons to thank PolyRemembers for their determination.
Our government is committed to fighting gun violence. We have taken historic steps to ban assault weapons like the one used in the femicide at Polytechnique, and we are working tirelessly to curb the scourge of gender-based violence.
Fourteen young women were taken from us 35 years ago. We will never forget them. We owe it to them and to all victims of gun violence to continue this fight.