The ICCC and all our collaborative partners jointly appeal to the entire Ottawa community to join us all on Friday, the 23rd of June, 2017 at 6:30 PM to remember the victims of Air India Flight 182. Let us share the grief of, and support, the families and friends who lost their loved ones in the Air India flight 182 tragedy 32 years ago.

Remembering Air India Flight 182

Source: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/r-nd-flght-182/index-en.aspx

On June 23, 1985, a bomb exploded on Air India Flight 182 en route from Toronto to London, England killing all 329 people aboard, most of them Canadians. Twenty-five years later, the Air India bombing is still the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history.

Since that terrible day in June 1985, the Government of Canada has worked to investigate the crash of Flight 182, to bring the perpetrators of this act to justice, and to make the necessary changes to our policies, regulations and legislation to safeguard Canadians from terror. The Government has also continually adjusted its approach to airline and national security and security intelligence.

In 2007, the Government of Canada established a program to erect three new memorials and to refurbish an existing one in Ottawa so that Canadians would never forget the tragedy. The fourth and final memorial was dedicated in Montreal to remember the victims, following those dedicated in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. These memorials will forever stand as a reminder of the innocent lives lost during a very sad chapter in our shared history