Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at a reception held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, following the government's apology in the House of Commons for Canada’s decision almost 80 years ago to turn away the MS St. Louis, a ship full of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. St. Louis passenger and concentration camp survivor Ana Maria Gordon and her son Daniel also spoke.
SOUNDBITE: International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr
SOUNDBITE: Liberal MP Anthony Housefather
SOUNDBITE: Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould
SOUNDBITE: Justin Trudeau, prime minister
SOUNDBITE: Ana Maria Gordon, St. Louis passenger and concentration camp survivor
SOUNDBITE: Daniel Gordon, son of Ana Maria Gordon
PLACELINE: Ottawa
CREDIT: The Canadian Press
LANGUAGE: English, French