Federal NDP Leader and Burnaby South MP Jagmeet Singh took part in special ceremonies today on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
Singh was on the site of June Beach in Courseulles-sur-mer, France – where Canadian troops stormed the beaches.
Singh attended the ceremonies along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan.
Here are what some of the Canadian veterans had to say:
"D-Day was hard to explain to anybody because the kind of day it was then, we thought we knew everything that was going to happen that day and then when we got going, it was altogether different. But it was the noisiest day I've ever had in my life." — Albert Boon, 94-year-old D-Day veteran
"I dream all the time. I dream all these crazy dreams. Every night. I'm still dreaming and I'm often wondering why. Like last night, I dreamed about people that were killed in D-Day. And you see them young." — Havelyn Chiasson, 98-year-old D-Day veteran
"We the teenage fighters, no more than boys, achieved huge victories for Canada with a great cost of human life. What did the intervening 75 years achieve for Canada? We are a great nation. One where people from across the globe come for freedom, prosperity, to start new lives and to raise their families." — Richard Rohmer, 95-year-old D-Day veteran
-With files from the Canadian Press
