Remembrance means different things to different people. Generally it means a time to pause, and reflect, upon the sacrifices made by soldiers past, and present.

It is also a time to most importantly say thanks to those vetrans, and to those soliders. Because it is they who made the ultimate sacrifice, it is they who fought to gain for us the freedoms that we so enjoy today. Sadly, as the years pass, so do the vetrans, and my country (Canada) only has 240,000 vetrans from the 2nd world war. Their avg. age is 82, with the vets from the Korean war sitting at 72.

It is important to keep that memory alive, to always no matter how painful remember what happened in the two great wars, as well as conflicts currently going on around the world. We need to remember, need to teach our children the history, and in doing so keep the memory alive so that we may learn from the past.

So to the vetrans I must give a heartfelt thanks, for Canada, and the freedoms for which it stands.