House of Commons marks moment of silence for deadly Laval daycare bus crash | 24CA News
A sombre second of silence was held within the House of Commons Wednesday, as MPs expressed unhappiness and shock after a bus crash at a Montreal-area daycare that left two kids useless and at the least six others hospitalized.
Members of Parliament stood quietly with heads bowed because the usually raucous chamber was stilled into silence for one minute and ten seconds.
Afterward, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stood with fingers folded and in a muted tone, started query interval by extending condolences to the households concerned and asking for an replace on the state of affairs from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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“As a father, I can imagine the suffering of the families who’ve been affected and we all offer our support and our prayers to those families,” Poilievre mentioned in French, asking Trudeau what help the federal government would provide to the folks of Quebec coping with this tragedy.
Trudeau mentioned all Canadians are considering of the households affected in Laval.
“Our hearts go out to them, nothing can erase the pain and the suffering that these families and that community are going through right now,” Trudeau mentioned, additionally talking in French.
“We will be there to support them in the days and the months and the years to come as they go through this unimaginable suffering.”
The incident occurred Wednesday morning after a bus smashed into the entrance of Garderie Educative Ste-Rose daycare in Laval, simply north of Montreal, killing two kids and injuring at the least six others.
Four injured preschool-aged kids had been taken to Montreal’s Sainte-Justine pediatric hospital. The two boys and two women had been acutely aware after they arrived on the hospital and are being evaluated, Dr. Marc Girard, head {of professional} providers, instructed reporters, including that one baby was in intensive care.
Police mentioned a 51-year-old man who was driving the bus was arrested. He was nonetheless being questioned as of the early afternoon, however police say he’s going through fees of murder and harmful driving.
Trudeau thanked the primary responders who had been known as to the scene and all these providing assist to these concerned.
“We will continue to keep them close to our hearts and in our prayers,” Trudeau mentioned throughout his remarks within the House of Commons.
Prior to query interval, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh known as the incident a “horrible tragedy” and mentioned there have been no phrases to specific his dismay.
“I’m thinking of the families of the victims and acknowledge the work of the first responders,” he mentioned.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet mentioned he didn’t wish to touch upon particulars of the incident, saying for now the state of affairs calls for compassion and empathy, particularly for the households concerned.
“There’s nothing more precious to our hearts than our children,” he mentioned in French.
Earlier within the day, Quebec Premier François Legault described the bus crash as “terrible” as particulars emerged.
“We are going to offer parents all the help we are capable of giving,” he mentioned. “Obviously as a father … I’m shocked. I find it difficult. I can understand the anguish that they are going through right now.”
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