"Some 200,000 women from Korea, the Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other Japanese occupied territories were tricked, kidnapped or coerced to work in brothels to serve as 'comfort women' to the Imperial Japanese army," she said.

Kwan said that documents of the Nanjing Massacre were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Efforts have been made worldwide to help people remember this history.

BC Association for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (ALPHA) worked with the BC New Democratic Party (NDP) Government and developed a resource guide including the Rape of Nanjing, she added.

"Thank you, Canada ALPHA, for your dedication in ensuring that Canadians remember and learn from this history," said Kwan in the statement.

She said in an interview with media after her speech that she will work to bring this issue to the attention of the government, and call on the government to proclaim Dec. 13 as the Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day.

"As an MP, I will be tabling a motion in the House of Commons as well," said Kwan, adding that it could be difficult to have the motion passed.

"What I would really like is for the government to take this issue and to proclaim it on behalf of all canadians, to recognize and honor the victims and to remember this history, and to really commit to say that 'never again'," she told Xinhua.

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