"December 13th marks the 81st anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.
In recognition of the crimes against humanity and in the spirit of "never again’', I am calling on the Government to declare December 13 of every year as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day.
Up to 300,000 people were killed.
An estimated 200,000 women from occupied territories in Asia were tricked or coerced by the Japanese Imperial army into sexual slavery.
The UN recognizes 19 countries where sexual violence is used as a tactic of war.
If we can learn from history and commit to preventing it from happening again, humanity benefits.
Order of Canada recipients – Joy Kogawa, Dr. Joseph Wong from Canada ALPHA,
Satoko Norimatsu, from Japanese Canadians in Support of Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day;
CACA, NCCC, CCC of Greater Vancouver and Toronto;
the Korean Senior Citizens of Greater Vancouver,
the Canada-Philippines in Solidarity for Human Rights
Along with close to 40 thousand petitioners across the country are in support of this call for action.
I hope all Members of the House will too."
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