MP calls for Nanjing Massacre commemorative day

Jenny Kwan, a member of Canada's Parliament representing Vancouver, on Wednesday called on the federal government to designate Dec 13 of every year as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day.

Kwan said the government should mark the date "in recognition of the crimes against humanity and in the spirit of 'never again'".

Kwan's call follows the Ontario Legislature's decision last year to observe the day at the provincial level. Ontario, home to Canada's largest Asian community with more than 3 million people of Asian descent, became the first regional legislature in a Western country to adopt the motion.