WATCH： Canadian veteran walking from Vancouver to Ottawa to protest mandates
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Summary
Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Justin Trudeau delivers a heartfelt speech at the March of Honour to honour the life and memory of Terry Fox, a Canadian hero who dedicated his life to the war effort in honour of our veterans.
Transcript
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i can't put into words how much it means to me you guys you guys being here to see me off all of you
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who want to join me like on the initial stage of the march i'm gonna form you up okay good information
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so two ranks there you go and i want you to stand shoulder to shoulder that's what it's all about
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right so we got approximately almost 70 people here so in uh military parliament that would be
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almost uh a company of troops so i'm really this is uh this is pretty cool it's pretty damn cool
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if you're carrying a flag conduct yourselves accordingly you carry it with pride
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what that flag is about what terry fox was about is about determination dedication and perseverance
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it's about inner strength it's not about beating your chest we understand each other give me a
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you're in it for the long haul i hope you're back accordingly okay careful across the street folks
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why we're doing what we're doing is to rise to stand tall to extend a hand to our fellow canadians
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including all my brothers and sisters in uniform because this is a time of national crisis
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and the time to overcome our differences is now
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okay this is how it's done folks we're doing it hard to believe that you're happy
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thank you what we want to do is we want to honor this man honor this man with this with a song and uh
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uh this song is a honor song for veterans it's a warrior it's a warrior song in our in our culture we
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we call him a gichita and a gichita it means a warrior so this young man is a warrior to represent
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our people warriors don't mean going to battle all the time it means keeping our our families safe and
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sacrificing for our families that's the essence of a warrior that's what our understanding of a warrior is
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it's not going to war that's just a small part of it so this is what that song represents
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and it's done in our language it's done in our dakota language