Mr. Speaker, on January, 29, 2017, at approximately 7:45 p.m., we lost six Quebeckers in the tragic events that took place at the Quebec City mosque. Six Muslims were murdered for the sole reason that they were Muslims, for the sole reason that they had gone to pray that evening with their fellow believers.
Quebec lost six of its own. Today, our thoughts are with the loved ones, families and friends who lost people they loved. We remember Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Azzeddine Soufiane, Abdelkrim Hassane, Khaled Belkacemi and Aboubaker Thabti.
They are not forgotten, and they remind us that no one, no one, should ever suffer, be threatened, be excluded or be discriminated against because of what they believe or do not believe.
We must work together to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again.