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National Day of Mourning

2026-04-28 Sitting 112 Showing 1–1 of 1

A statement recognizing the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. The sampled debate focused on honoring those workers and advocating for better compensation and support for injured workers.

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Heather McPherson

NDP 2:00 p.m.

“That makes me sad. Something bad happened. We should do something!”

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Mr. Speaker, on National Day of Mourning, we honour those who went to work and never came home. Every year, hundreds of Canadian workers are killed on the job and hundreds of thousands more are injured or become sick, left to fight for the compensation they have already earned. These workers are parents, daughters, sons and neighbours. They are the people who keep our country running, and right now, their lives are worth less to the government than a balance sheet. Labour protections are being gutted while unions are being undermined and workers who speak up are being pushed out. New Democrats have always stood with workers. We come from workers. We are the party of workers. On this Day of Mourning, we know that mourning without action is not enough. The greatest tribute we can pay to the fallen is to make sure that the living are protected, so today, we mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living.

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