True Patriot Love Foundation

I don’t think that we have seen something like this in our history before… here we have…1,800 Canadians out supporting the families of our men and women in uniform who serve our country, contributing an enormous amount of dollars to them, making sure they know they are appreciated.

Whether our men and women are serving at home or overseas, they need to be able to focus on their missions. We need to take care of our families while their loved ones are deployed. That’s what we’re doing here tonight in Toronto.

In the end, and I think we’ve all come to understand this, a family’s, it’s a family’s love that makes all the difference. And it’s how this fund makes all the difference as well. I want to thank the military families here tonight.

I believe that such displays of affection and respect for our troops are part of who we are as a people. We know in our hearts that we owe our freedom, our democracy and our prosperity to the millions of Canadians who by serving in our Armed Forces have kept the True North strong and free for over two centuries.