We put out a lot of coverage of Canada’s National March for Life in Ottawa, but I have to admit it is impossible to convey all the great things that occurred from Wednesday evening through to Friday afternoon. It was the most energizing March for Life that most of us had ever experienced in Ottawa.

What was prominent throughout was the overwhelming presence of very enthusiastic youth who added high, positive energy to all the events. Many of them were inspired by the events and they in turn inspired each other and all others who participated or viewed the march activities.

For many of the students who stayed the full time, including attending the giant youth conference on Friday, you could see that it was a life-changing experience. It showed in their demeanor and their exceptional attentiveness by Friday to the incredible talks that they heard.

New pro-life leaders and positive social changers were formed in Ottawa simply by, in many cases, being exposed to awesome truth for the first time and knowing that they were not alone and thousands of others shared this understanding.

The brief video below shows just a tiny bit of what could have been a much longer video of many different scenes on Parliament Hill, during the March, at the evening Rose Dinner and during the Youth conference – all showing the same energy, enthusiasm and pure joy of so many of these youth given an opportunity to be exposed to and act on behalf of something of high ideals. They were challenged with things of great substance, which is not common these days, and they gladly responded.

The video starts with a few clips of youth during the march and ends with a few minutes of what was over an hour of lively singing led by Kathleen Dunn and her group Survived ‘88 after the march on the steps going up to Parliament.

Also, with LifeSiteNews being one the main sponsors of the march, I was given the special opportunity to address the 20,000 strong crowd. When my time came, due to the agenda having gone late, I had to trim my three minute speech on the fly to allow all the remaining speakers their opportunity to greet the crowd. For those who heard the trimmed speech and for any other readers who may be interested, I reproduce the text of the speech below the video.

Thanks to LifeSiteNews Development Manager Jon Fidero, who came up from Virginia, for carrying my 6-foot ladder all over the place as we raced from place to place so I could take high view photos of the activities on Parliament Hill and during the march. (See the 6th from last in March photos2 that photographer D’Arcy Grant snapped as we were running by him). We also owe much thanks to Robert and Sarah Du Broy, D’Arcy Grant and Patrick Craine for the many photos that they also contributed to the two photo journals.