 Bonjour tout le monde. Bonne fierté. Happy Pride. Merci, Mona, pour cette introduction. Merci, Diana, pour tout ton travail. Verna, thank you for those words of welcome onto traditional territory. It is so important that we recognize the caretakers of the land past, present, and future. Genève, merci pour tout ton leadership. Merci à tous mes amis collègues ici. Il y a du gros travail à faire, et merci. Je suis tellement content que tu sois là pour le faire. To begin with, I just want to take a moment alongside all Canadians to reflect on our friends in Pakistan who are suffering through horrific floods right now. The devastating impact that these are having on people across the country is something we're all watching with sorrow and support. Canada will continue to provide support through the U.N. and through the Red Cross. Comme tant de Canadiens, je pense, au sinistré, et aux inons d'action dévastatrices au Pakistan. Le Canada va continuer d'être là par le biais d'organismes comme les Nations Unies et la Croix-Rouge, mais nous avons tous une pensée dans cette belle journée ici à Ottawa à ceux qui font face à des moments extrêmement difficiles à l'autre côté de la planète. Can I tell you how great it's been to see pride events coming back in person again this year? Just being crowded into this room right now and celebrating is a great, great feeling. Pride is a fantastic tradition and a truly meaningful one for all Canadians. It's about fully embracing something that's so Canadian, being proud of who we are, of what we are, of whom we love, and celebrating that and celebrating each other in the fullest way that highlights what makes such a vibrant community. Since day one, our government has been committed to protecting the rights of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and additional sexuality and gender diverse people. That's why I'm so excited today to announce a historic first, the launch of Canada's first ever two-SLGBDQI plus action plan. This is a whole of government plan that will guide our ongoing work to fight discrimination, to break down barriers, to advance rights, and to build a future where everyone in Canada is truly free to be who they are and love whom they love. The strength and the resilience of your community should inspire everyone. We see it in your advocacy, your outreach to vulnerable people, and the work you do every day to make your community more inclusive and diverse in every possible way. Our government will never stop fighting to protect and support your rights and freedoms. Five years ago, we passed legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression. We've welcomed thousands of refugees fleeing persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. And this year, we adopted a law to put an end to what was called the conversion therapy, which was actually a cruel and dangerous practice. And I'm always very happy to see the flag of pride floating proudly on the parliament's hill. We know that there's still a lot of work to be done, and thanks to this new action plan, we will continue to move forward together. Lots more work to do, but we have together made tremendous strides here in Canada, which is important, but as important as well as we've seen rights moving backwards in many parts of the world, some closer than we'd like to admit, we need to continue to stand up to show what a truly positive, inclusive, strong society looks like. And that means everyone working together and calling out what we see and showing what a truly inclusive society looks like. And that's why before I wrap today, I want to take a moment to address, in part, the video we saw this weekend of the Deputy Prime Minister being subjected to some extremely disturbing harassment and threats. And this is not an isolated incident. Sadly, this is something we're seeing more and more of. Certainly, members of this community have seen it, but we're seeing increasingly people in public life, people in positions of responsibility, particularly women, racialized Canadians, people of minority or different community groups being targeted almost because of the increase in the number of women, increasing strength of your voices, of your positions, of the impact you're having around the world and around our country. We're seeing a backlash. And we've seen it, you know, first of all, over the past many years, anytime a woman speaks up on social media, she is so often subject to harassment and toxicity that we actually seeing her rights and her voice and her freedom of expression diminished. We need more women and racialized Canadians and diverse communities to be strong voices in politics, in media where we're seeing reporters increasingly getting attacked for calling out hatred and indifference and discrimination. We have to ask ourselves what kind of country we are, what kind of country we want to be. La discrimination, la haine, l'intimidation de femmes, de femmes racisées, de membres de communautés défavorisées, de minoritaires sont entrées de plus en plus d'être attaquées dans la sphère publique, surtout quand elles osent exercer du pouvoir ou du service envers la communauté. Nous avons des réflexions importantes à faire en tant que société sur comment nous allons réagir en tant que société, quel genre de monde, de pays on veut bâtir, quel message on donne aux générations futures. Je suis très content d'avoir des membres de mon conseil jeunesse du premier ministre ici. On est dans un moment où on a besoin de leadership responsable pour d'être là pour dire non, que c'est pas acceptable dans notre démocratie, c'est pas acceptable au Canada et d'être là pour repousser contre la haine. Threats, violence, intimidation of any kind are always unacceptable. And this kind of cowardly behavior threatens and undermines our democracy and our values of openness and respect upon which Canada was built. As leaders we need to call this out and take a united stance against it because no matter who you are, who you love, the colour of your skin, how you pray, where you're from, your gender, you deserve respect and you deserve to live in peace without fear of threats or violence. And I can tell you that I, our colleagues on this stage and indeed our government will always fight for this, particularly through today as we celebrate pride in our capital city but every day as well. Canada is an accepting place. That's what Canada is about and it's a huge part of what makes us all so proud to be Canadian. So let us make sure we are stepping up, that we are not just watching, that we are standing up actively every day in our ways with the strengths that each of us have to fight against hatred, discrimination and reject the fear that is creeping into our society. And especially today we celebrate. Bonne fierté tout le monde!