Statement by the Prime Minister on Black Ribbon Day
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Sunday, August 23, 2020
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 23, 2020 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism and Nazism in Europe, also known as Black Ribbon Day:
Key Points:
- OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 23, 2020 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism and Nazism in Europe, also known as Black Ribbon Day:
"Today, we join people around the world to pay tribute to the victims of Communism and Nazism in Europe. - "On this day in 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
- This alliance, which led to the violent political and territorial rearrangement of Eastern and Central Europe, caused immense suffering.
- "On behalf of the Government of Canada, I invite all Canadians to remember the victims of Black Ribbon Day and all those who lost their lives to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, past and present.