Greg Wycliffe - November 12, 2022


Jeremy Mackenzie shares Remembrance Day message from jail


Episode Stats

Length

3 minutes

Words per Minute

169.45921

Word Count

563

Sentence Count

38

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary


Transcript

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.
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.