House of Commons hears tributes, moment of silence for Humboldt Broncos
OTTAWA — MPs donned hockey sweaters, bowed their heads in a moment of silence and spoke of their collective grief Monday as they gathered in the House of Commons for the first time since the deadly bus crash 10 days ago that decimated the Humboldt Broncos hockey team.
Outside the Commons, a lone hockey stick leaned against the entrance.
Inside, one after the next, politicians clad in hockey sweaters representing myriad teams and leagues delivered teary tributes before and after the daily question period — the first since the April 6 crash that claimed 16 lives aboard the team bus.
Conservative MP Dane Lloyd spoke of players Conner Lukan and Parker Tobin, both of whom grew up in his Alberta riding of Sturgeon River-Parkland and died in the crash.