Madam Speaker, I wasn't going to make a statement today but, as we were sitting here, I noticed that my wife Della was in the gallery and she was wearing a very bright red jacket. I noticed that there were members of the RCMP also wearing red and it made me think of last week when we saw people wearing red poppies. Suddenly, something struck me that has never struck me before.

The word November comes from a word that means blood month. The blood month was the time when you killed animals, slaughtered them, and put them away for the winter. That's what the origin of the word November is. It struck me that that was an unusual coincidence, that we have Remembrance Day during this month, but also this is the month -- and this is the main part of my statement, Madam Speaker -- when there are a lot of people out there hunting animals.

This is the time of the year when animals begin moving south and there are many hunters out there. It made me think of that way of life and the people who are hunting, the blood that is being shed. And, it is my fervent hope and belief that, during this month, people remember the three most important words,

I suppose, for the hunter. Those words are safety, safety and safety. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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