Mr. Speaker, today is army day on the Hill, when we celebrate and honour the brave women and men in our Canadian Army. Their dedication and sacrifice for Canada is unquestionable.
I want to recognize the over 2,000 members currently serving in the Canadian-led multinational brigade group in Latvia, as well as our troops training Ukrainian soldiers under Operation Unifier and those contributing to the NATO deterrence mission in Europe against Russian aggression under Operation Reassurance. This summer, we saw our soldiers deploy to assist wildfire efforts in Manitoba and across Canada as part of Operation Lentus.
Our troops cannot do all of this without the support of our military families, which are the backbone of our members as they endure long deployments away from home. Conservatives will always support our women and men in uniform, and we will continue to press for them to get all the kit they need to carry out the important missions we ask of them.
I thank all our army heroes for their amazing service and send a shout-out to all those who are joining us on Parliament Hill today.