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House Hansard - 248

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 7, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 248 - Nov/7/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
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Mr. Speaker, on Remembrance Day, Canadians honour the sacrifice made by past and present members of our Canadian Armed Forces. One such sacrifice is that of Flying Officer John Earl Stillings, known to our family as Jack, who was in the RCAF during World War II. He was on voluntary redeployment when the Lancaster bomber he was in was lost over the North Sea on a training mission. To memorialize my great, great Uncle Jack's death, his brother Blake wrote the poem Ode to Jack, which I share with members today: Your mortal frame must ever lieIn some deep cavern of the seaUnknown to man, by human eyeUnseen, for all eternity.But from that prison dark and cold,Unfettered, from its bonds set freeYour living spirit bright and boldShall soar, to course the sunlit skiesWhere you gave all for liberty. All of us, indeed all Canadians, owe our existence to those who sacrificed, from the soldiers who went to fight wars overseas to the CAF members stationed locally at camp Wainwright, across Canada, and around the world. On behalf of Canada's Conservatives, I saw this: may God bless our troops, may God bless all those who sacrificed and let us commit to always remembering. Lest we forget.
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