09/27/2026
Today is Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day in Canada.
For years, I was proud to wear a uniform and stand shoulder to shoulder with people who served their nation and their communities, protecting others from threats that sought to imperil the innocent.
I’ve stood at attention as the somber notes of Amazing Grace and the lament marked the end of watch for one officer after another.
No other profession honours its fallen quite the way the law enforcement profession does.
This past year, eight police and peace officers lost their lives in the line of duty.
It is heartbreaking. It is tragic.
And yet, there is something profoundly healing in what happens when the law enforcement community gathers to honour its own.
The pipes play. The drums beat. Officers march shoulder to shoulder, boots striking the pavement in unison.
For a moment, grief becomes something larger.
A powerful reminder that service does not end with the loss of one of our own.
It reminds those in uniform, and those they serve, that the commitment remains.
No matter the risk.
No matter the threat.
No matter how difficult the challenge.
They will answer the call.
To those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, I remember you.
To those who continue to wear the uniform, I stand with you.
And to the families who carry that sacrifice every day, I remember you too, always.
