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Statement from the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, on December 6, 2011.
December 6, 2011"I call on all Canadians today to observe Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
"It was on this day, December 6, 1989, that 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal lost their lives in an act of gender-based violence that shocked the nation. Many of us remember in vivid detail what we were doing when we heard the devastating news.
"Today's annual commemoration provides an opportunity to reflect on all forms of violence against women, to remember not only the victims of the Montréal Massacre but all victims, and to take joint, decisive action to eliminate all violence from our lives.
"A society that tolerates any level of violence against women is neither a healthy nor a just society.
"Let us reaffirm today our resolve to take immediate and long-lasting action to ensure a violence-free society by calling on all Canadians – women and men, girls and boys – to work collaboratively to end all forms of violence against women."
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