Memorials to honour Canada’s veterans and fallen soldiers were held coast to coast in the nation and overseas on Remembrance Day.
Speaking at the Sai Wan Bay Cemetery in Hong Kong where nearly 300 Canadian soldiers who died while taking part in a mission during WWII are buried, Prime Minister Stephen Harper honoured the service of all Canadian soldiers and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“On this day, in such places of quiet rest for the fallen, and beside monuments to their sacrifice, we gather in the old Act of Remembrance,” Harper said, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office.
“We recite the old words, speak, sometimes, of old friends or forebears who, to our lasting benefit and their everlasting glory, served our country to the full,” Harper said.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who made a surprise visit to Afghanistan and met with Canadian Forces on Sunday, said in a teleconference: “We are very, very blessed to have our citizens, those in uniform, those in various departments who are serving our country so valiantly here.”
