Read the full transcript of Carney’s Tumbler Ridge shooting statement
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Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and the victims of Tuesday's deadly mass shooting during a speech in the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Mark Carney paid tribute to the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and the victims of Tuesday’s deadly mass shooting during a speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Nine people were killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a residence in the small northern B.C. community. The shooter was found dead with a self-inflicted injury, police said.
Carney’s statement came after MPs held a moment of silence in honour of the victims and their families, and agreed to adjourn the House of Commons until Thursday morning.
Here is the full transcript of Carney’s statement, with English translation of his French remarks.
Mr Speaker, this morning, families in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, woke to a different world. Parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters began this day as their first day on earth without someone they loved dearly.
What happened has left our nation in shock and all of us in mourning. Nine people killed. More than 25 others injured. Some still in hospital fighting for their lives. The investigation is ongoing, and we must allow law enforcement the time and space to do their work accordingly.
Mr. Speaker, as this House knows, Tumbler Ridge is a community of some 2,400 people nestled in the foothills of the Rockies. It is one of the youngest towns in the great province of British Columbia. It was carved out of the wilderness in the 1980s, built on the promise of the resource economy and by the determination of its residents.
It’s a town of miners, teachers, construction workers. Families who have built their lives there, people who have always shown up for each other there.
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