Greg Wycliffe - November 12, 2022


Jeremy Mackenzie shares Remembrance Day message from jail


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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks on the anniversary of the end of the First World War and the sacrifice of thousands of Canadian soldiers and their families on Vimy Ridge on Nov. 11th, 1918.

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00:00:00.000 Today is the anniversary that marks the end of the First World War, where countless Canadians
00:00:04.940 died, and arguably our country was born in the blood and smoke of Vimy Ridge.
00:00:11.580 In the year since 1918, it has come to be a day to pay respect and honor to those who
00:00:16.920 have gone before us, sacrificed so much, and even given their lives, in defense of what
00:00:22.360 they believed in.
00:00:23.800 Defense of not just Canada or the British Commonwealth, but the values and foundations
00:00:28.140 of what makes us so.
00:00:30.000 Honor, respect, the rule of law, proud and unapologetic defiance of tyrants and authoritarianism,
00:00:38.340 and defense of human dignity.
00:00:41.640 Never forget, I've witnessed enough in my short 36 years to affirm that Canadians are
00:00:47.400 a good people.
00:00:48.620 I've had the honor and privilege to serve with hundreds of outstanding selfless souls who
00:00:52.860 step forward into harm's way in support of these common values.
00:00:56.480 When there's a wrong to be righted, Canada shows up.
00:01:01.440 It's who we are.
00:01:03.240 It's who we've always been.
00:01:04.180 As a veteran myself, I've been thanked for my service.
00:01:10.540 An awkward moment I appreciate, but never feels quite right.
00:01:13.700 I recently lost a close friend whose family will endure the first November 11th and the
00:01:20.320 rest of their lives without their son, their husband, and their father.
00:01:25.800 He, like so many others, volunteered, suffered, and carried the burden of the torch held high
00:01:33.160 from failing hands from Flanders to today.
00:01:36.460 They did it knowing what it may very well cost them.
00:01:39.720 They sought out to carry that burden and weight so we wouldn't have to.
00:01:43.100 Some men died very directly in my place so I could be here today.
00:01:48.460 I would have done the same for them because I loved them.
00:01:52.080 Never forget, but live well.
00:01:54.320 Live up to their example.
00:01:56.040 Some of the best people I've ever known died in support and defense of standing up for the
00:02:00.080 little guy, for selflessness, for standing tall and being proud and answering the call
00:02:04.980 to do something.
00:02:06.320 Say something when something is wrong.
00:02:08.660 To be the best version of a Canadian, the best version of yourself. 0.87
00:02:11.320 Despite the difficulty, the setbacks, the hardships, you keep trying.
00:02:15.800 You get up every day and you keep trying.
00:02:17.860 You keep trying until your hands bleed or you can't keep your eyes open or walk another step
00:02:21.880 or read another page.
00:02:22.840 Whatever it is, you keep trying to follow that torchlight forward one step at a time for yourself,
00:02:28.400 for your families, for your communities, and for your home.
00:02:31.680 You keep trying and you never forget.
00:02:34.180 Living with that kind of classical Canadian grit and determination, that effort to be better,
00:02:38.380 to do better, to reach higher, is what made this a great place for everyone once and it
00:02:43.140 will again.
00:02:44.440 Living away every day, not just today, that respects and honors their memory and their
00:02:48.800 family sacrifices.
00:02:50.560 Do it for all of us and for them.
00:02:53.640 They earned in blood your right to live free, to do the right thing, to be the good guys,
00:02:58.820 to be Canadians.
00:02:59.580 Never forget the great and terrible price that was paid to get all of us this far.
00:03:07.420 Please don't waste it.
00:03:09.000 Make your life count.
00:03:10.420 They deserve the effort.
00:03:12.340 To all of our fallen comrades, past, present, and future, no retreating footsteps.
00:03:17.780 Pro patria.
00:03:18.920 Thank you.