Mr. Speaker, to the Tumbler Ridge families of Zoey, Tiki, Abel, Ezekiel, Kylie, Shannda, Emmett and Jennifer, we say that we continue to grieve with them.
I thank our leader, the Prime Minister and all the federal leaders for making the trip to Tumbler Ridge to support us. I thank all members who have reached out over these last four weeks to give kind notes to me in some semblance of trying to pass on their peace to me.
I thank the people around the world who have been praying for the Tumbler Ridge community, who have been praying for Maya and other victims and who have been praying for me. Jesus has been the light to me in this darkness, as he has been to so many of the victims' families in this tragedy.
Tumbler Ridge families, though, are now are asking what can be done so this never happens again, so I ask the Prime Minister this: Will he commit today to a full public inquiry into the Tumbler Ridge tragedy?