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Mr. Speaker,
Before we begin, our hearts go out to the people of Utrecht and the Netherlands, who are reeling in the aftermath of a tram shooting. It’s in the early stages, but we do know that there are fatalities, and a number of injuries. Police are looking at it as a possible terrorist incident.
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My friends, to know where we are, and where we’re going, we first have to know where we came from.
We have to know our history.
We have to face the hard truths that are part of our past.
Because for too long, the government’s relationship with Inuit was one of double standards, and of unfair, unequal treatment.
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Thank you, Adam, for your kind introduction. And thanks to everyone gathered here at the Shaar for the warm welcome.
When Rabbi Scheier extended the invite to mark Yom Kippur here with his congregation, I knew I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
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Good afternoon.
Thank you, National Chief Bellegarde, for that kind introduction.
Let me begin by recognizing that we are on the traditional land of the Algonquin People. We acknowledge them as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land.
This afternoon, let me also join the AFN in honouring the last Mohawk code talker from the Second World War, Veteran Louis Levi Oakes.
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Mr. Speaker –
On May 15, 1939, more than nine hundred German Jews boarded an ocean liner known as the St. Louis.
The passengers had been stripped of their possessions, chased out of their homes, forced out of their schools, and banned from their professions by their own government.
Their synagogues had been burnt. Their stores raided.
