I would like to share with members some of the names of so many of our heroes, over two and a half million Canadians, who donned the uniform of Canada: people like William Hall, an African Nova Scotian who received the Victoria Cross in Lucknow, India; John MacRae who served in the Boer War and in World War I and who gave us
that famous poem In Flanders Fields; Smokey Smith from British Columbia who fought bravely in Italy and earned the Victoria Cross; and Tommy Prince, a brave first nations aboriginal with the Devil's Brigade in World War II. We must not forget that the
...[+++] first nations people in Canada were exempt from going to war but they went anyway to serve their country.J'aimerais parler aux députés de quelques-uns de nos nombreux héros, plus de deux millions et demi de Canadiens, qui ont revêtu l'uniforme du Canada: des gens comme William Hall, un Néo-Écossais d'origine africaine qui a reçu la Croix de Victoria à Lucknow, en Inde; John MacRae, qui a servi durant la Guerre des Boers et la Première Guerre mondiale et qui nous a légué le célèbre poème A
u champ d'honneur; Smokey Smith de la Colombie-Britannique, qui a combattu avec bravoure en Italie et a reçu la Croix de Victoria; et Tommy Prince, un courageux Autochtone des Premières Nations qui a combattu avec la Devil's Brigade durant la Seconde Gue
...[+++]rre mondiale.
