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Polytechnique massacre 26th anniversary ceremonies set for Montreal

City to remember 14 lives lost during Polytechnique shooting on Dec. 6, 1989 

Ceremonies are taking place today to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre.

On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were killed at the Montreal engineering school by a gunman professing to hate feminists and the place women took in society. Another 14 people were injured before the gunman took his own life.

Two rallies are planned in Montreal to honour the memory of the 14 women killed.

The first rally will begin at 11:45 a.m. at Place-du-6-décembre, a memorial park close to Polytechnique.

A second gathering will take place at 5 p.m. at Montreal’s Mount Royal. Fourteen beams of light will be projected onto the night sky over the city, representing each of the victims.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend.

The Olympic Stadium is one of many monuments nationwide that will be illuminated in red to honour the victims.

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liberalsarecool: “ repmarktakano: “ (As prepared for delivery on November 19th, 2015) Mr. Speaker. 70 years ago my parents and grandparents were stripped of their possessions and placed in Japanese-American internment camps. They were not guilty of...
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(As prepared for delivery on November 19th, 2015)

Mr. Speaker. 70 years ago my parents and grandparents were stripped of their possessions and placed in Japanese-American internment camps.

They were not guilty of espionage. They did not commit treason. They simply looked like our enemy — and that cost my family their freedom.

Yesterday, the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, suggested that this country’s treatment of Japanese-Americans during the 1940s is a model for how we should address today’s global refugee crisis.

It does not take courage to condemn such disgraceful comments, nor does it take wisdom to say our World War Two policies were a product of fear and hysteria.

What takes wisdom is recognizing that history is now repeating itself. And what takes courage is sending a message to the world that America will protect innocent people regardless of their nationality or religion.

That’s what my mother and father deserved 70 years ago, and it’s what these refugees deserve today.

Thank you and I yield back.

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Republican politics is a reduction of all reasoning and morality. Conservatives have a “how can I tell if they all look the same” racism and xenophobia. A Syrian refugee baby is treated the same as a radicalized ISIS mercenary. Distrust and paranoia are the basis for right wing rhetoric.

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