 Hello, everyone. Happy Canada Day! Bonne fête du Canada! Je suis très heureux d'être en famille avec vous pour célébrer la fête du Canada cette année en personne. You come with your own stories, your own backgrounds, your own lived experiences, and you celebrate together the country that we love and share because Canada Day is Canadians Day. This country wouldn't be what it is today without the people who built it and those who continue to build it up every day. People like Tristan De Rocher, a young, matey man who raises awareness and advocates for suicide prevention and who empowers indigenous youth through music and art. People like Dr. Emily Stowe, a physician who helped create Canada's first medical school for women in the late 1800s at a time when schools didn't allow women to study medicine. Canada is about people who are constantly fighting for something instead of against. When Terry Fox ran to help find a cure for cancer, he was fighting to better other people's lives. When Jean Augustine became the first black woman elected to parliament, she inspired a generation of young girls to follow in her footsteps. Our country wouldn't be what it is without people who are part of it. People like astronaut David Saint-Jacques who always explore higher and further. Heroes like Gila Fleur who showed us that we could be champions where all our extraordinary artists like Deborah Cox and Charlotte Cardin and the others who played for us today, who tell our stories in all their nuances. Their art helps us better understand each other. Of course, Canada is also the story of people who work hard a little more behind the scenes but on the front lines. People like Pam, Gloria, Carlo and Christina and so many other nurses I had the chance to speak with during the pandemic. They are true Canadian heroes, so today and every day we celebrate them. On this day, we also celebrate those whose names are not well-known like the tens of thousands of Ukrainians who, generations ago, came to the prairies to farm the land and put food on people's tables. We celebrate the women and men in uniform. We celebrate the members of the Armed Forces who are there for us when there are forest fires and floods in the country. We also celebrate those who are on missions elsewhere in the world, with the help of their families. I think, among other things, the hundreds of people deployed in our NATO mission in Eastern Europe all make sacrifices to ensure the security of Canadians and to protect our freedom, our values and our democracy. We are standing on the shoulders of everyone who built this country before us and we work hard every day for those who will follow. All the progress we've made didn't happen by accident and it won't continue without effort. We have a responsibility to carry forward this progress to future generations. Now, I understand that there are serious faults in our history. The location of unmarked graves has served as an opportunity for us all to learn more about that history. I know the pain and the heartbreak this has caused for so many people. Today, we take the time to recommit ourselves to always be there for one another. Canada has never been perfect, and it's not perfect now. Yes, Canada is one of the best countries in the world, but our work to make it better never stops. Canadians are good people, and we want the good for each other, to defend democracy, to protect the environment, to advance on the path of reconciliation or to see whether everyone can succeed. No challenge is too big if we raise it again. And that's what our flag represents. Our values and all our efforts to make our country even better. There's no challenge too great if we face it together. This is Canada's promise, and this is what our flag represents. It represents our accomplishments and our desire to improve. Every time we see the Maple Leaf, let's remember the values that it stands for. Compassion, hope, and responsibility. Justice, openness, and hard work. Let's remember that while we're 38 million people living in six time zones from coast to coast to coast, we only have one country to share, protect, and cherish. Let's remember the thousands upon thousands of stories like Alize, a refugee from Uganda who's just arrived in Canada. In June in Toronto, Alize put on a rainbow shirt and celebrated pride openly for the first time in his life. Being able to be who you are, to love whom you love, to chase your dreams, to live without fear, this is the freedom the Maple Leaf represents. To Ali and to those who arrived here last week, last month, last year. To the people whose ancestors have been here for a few centuries, or even for millennia. To all people in Canada, this is your home. Today is your day. Happy Canada Day, everyone! Happy Canada Day to everyone!