‘We stand on the shoulders of giants’: MPs pay homage to Cirillo, Vincent 10 years after Hill attack

On the 10th anniversary of that fateful day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP MP Charlie Angus, Bloc MP Louis Plamondon, and Green Leader Elizabeth May delivered statements remembering how the attack unfolded on Oct. 22, 2014.

Wreaths lay at the foot of the National War Memorial on Oct. 23, 2014, where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was gunned down the day before while standing sentry. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

October 23, 2024

On Oct. 22, MPs set aside time to break from the procedural gridlock in the House of Commons to honour two men who died a decade ago in terror attacks on Canadian soil.

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