Beirut explosion: Canadian parliament observes minute of silence in honour of blast victims

Canadian members of parliament observed a minute of silence on Wednesday in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, following last week’s deadly blast in Beirut that hit the city’s port area.

The moment of silence happened after several members read statements expressing solidarity and support for the people of Lebanon and the Lebanese community in Canada.

Speaker of the House, Anthony Rota, said the moment of silence took place after an agreement between all representatives of different parties of the house.

The federal government has pledged to provide $5 million in humanitarian aid to Lebanon announced by Minister of International Development Karina Gould.

The explosion has taken the lives of over 150, injured thousands and left about a quarter of a million people homeless.

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[juliette]

Thank you and God bless Canada and the Canadian people.I am proud to be Canadian Emigrant from Lebanon.

[michaelm]

Absolutely horrible situation in Beirut, but the people of Lebanon seem strong and they will come through this!

[Lexyvil]

I offer my deepest condolences to those who were affected by the incident. I hope they find out the root cause of why it happened and that better precautions are taken in the future.

[loishirst]

Thoughts and prayers go out to the Lebanese families who were caught in the explosion

[honoraryamerica]

There should be a similar moment of silence for the Canadian economy. From every major city and province, Canada far and wide, innovation and private industry are being decimated as the rest of the world eats our lunch.

I wonder which agencies are to blame...

[intox]

They're used to doing nothing anyway.
No disrespect to the victims of the tragedy, my heart goes out to all the families affected with my sincerest condolences. It's just our government is a clown show.

[bwills]

Where's JT to apologize for the tragedy? He's good at that!

[wishteria]

remember the people who could have benefited from an un corrupt government

[Jon-gmsn]

Paying respect for the people that set the missile off is more like it

[FH-erus]

Thank you so much for the support❤️🇱🇧. The lebanese Politicians didn't even shed a tear nor support us financially tho They stole our money

[kilofumlepolyum]

Just when there was a storm outside that knocked out millions without power the Beirut happened sign of the times people.

[elninoson]

Am I living in the past or are they late

[Smokeyone]

nice thought..maybe observe a minute for the Canadian people for once as well...besides your own squabbles...

[jasonchillman]

it was on there port for 7 years they did not care so why should we now

[vicariouswitness]

A minute of silence is an excuse to forget about it. Make sure liabilities are addressed and this doesn't happen again, Period. The suffering people will be without silence for much longer than a minute.

[admifond]

For everyone saying that their politicians are as bad as ours (Lebanese), know that your politicians are like a mother Theresa compared to ours.

[cyrilcyril]

Hypocrisy !!!! what about the genocide in Cameroon and the innocent ones being killed by the French army in Africa, have you showed this kind of moments, because it has to deal with blacks and the minerals are all your consents

[tadslow]

Why not work hard for a moment and get that bc mom her stolenkids back from that hell

[CigsInABlanket]

I don't want to be "that guy", but... was this really necessary?
How much did this virtue signalling cost?

[jafo]

They should all be brought to Canader and given new houses and Bmw'$, cabby'$ from their homeland live in 679, 000$$$ houses in$tantly in the $tolen Land.