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- ↑ "National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism". Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime. June 23, 2016.
- ↑ National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism – Ceremony at the Air India Flight 182 Memorial on YouTube
- ↑ "Proclamation Requesting the People of Canada to Observe June 23 of Every Year as a National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism". Laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
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