Watch the video on FacebookToday, we remember the brave Canadians who served, sacrificed and gave their lives for our freedom. We owe them a debt we can never repay. Lest we forget.
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Today, we pause to remember. We remember the Canadians who left behind their families, their homes, and the lives they knew to defend, something greater than themselves. We remember those who never came home. And we remember those who did, but returned, carrying wounds that could not always be seen. Here in Kitchener, we're part of a community that understands the importance of service, sacrifice, and looking out for one another. It's easy, generations later, to think of war as something found only in history books. But behind every name on a memorial is a person. Someone's son or daughter, someone's brother or sister, someone's husband, wife, parent, or friend. They had hopes for a future, they had people waiting for them at home, and they made the extraordinary choice to put the safety and freedom of others ahead of their own. That sacrifice came at a cost that we can never repay. So remembering stay is not simply about looking back, it's about understanding what was given to us and recognizing the responsibility that comes with it. The freedoms we enjoy, the ability to gather, to speak, to worship, to raise our families, and build our communities in peace. None of these things should ever be taken for granted. Today, from Kitchener and across Canada, we honour those who served, we honour those who sacrificed, and we remember the families who have carried their memory forward. May we never forget the pride of our freedom, and may we live in a way that makes their sacrifice worthy of remembrance, lest we forget.
