Mr. Speaker, Canada is facing an unprecedented threat to our sovereignty from Donald Trump and his administration. This is the most serious external danger for our country in decades, but we also face challenges to Canada's unity from within. Actions and words that sow division, spread hatred and foment violence are scourges that undermine and damage society.
This week we marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a sombre commemoration of the genocide that took the lives of six million Jews and damaged the lives of millions more. Today is the national day of action against Islamophobia and remembrance of the Québec City mosque attack that killed and injured 25 Muslims at prayer. Together, these profound memorials remind us of the deadly effects of racism and the need to confront it, and defeat it, every day.
New Democrats will always stand with those fighting for the equality, dignity, safety and respect of all Canadians.