O<br > pRIME MINISTER ~ pREMIER MINISTRE<br >A volunteer giw~: ax~av so nmch of his bed linen to stranded air passengers that he has<br >nothing left ，;t h， ，me..IX grateful I~landoad of passengers funds a scholarship fbr the smaU<br >Nc~ oundla，，d < .inrnunil ， . that carrie to their aid. Schoolchildren scrape together all of<br >the pennies If i，， lind to support grieving families. High-rigging Mohawks travel to<br >NewYork t，，， i i ~l，. theWorldTrade Center that they had helped buiN. A little ~rl holds<br >on tight t- h， ， i. !. i ， a~ he gets ready to head off to sea with the Canadian Armed Forces.<br >One hund，~ ! /， . ，，.，，，d Canadians gather on a brilliant autumn day on Parliament Hill<br >in Ottax~a 1，，， ，.. : ， mpathy ，and soMarity ，x4th the people of the United States.<br >Such imac， ， :，，，des - and many， many more - have been engraved on our<br >collective ，，，， ，，，c l]~e awtul ew nts of September 11， 2001.<br > A Diar)Bct，~ ; ，，l~ is a visual and written expression of a fi iendship of protbund<br > depth; a hi< L，: !，I， b，.lween two nations - Canada and the United States - which<br > has been rt n.. ，. ，i ，，ml reaffirmed， in words and deeds， in the crucible of the worst<br > terrorist attm 1， ~i~ histoOt<br > Canadians Iesl:>~*，ded because the attack was an ott;ence against the values of freedom，<br > tolerance and r~sp~ t tor cultural diversity that arc the cornerstones of our nation.We<br > responded hecaus~ we intuitively understood that this was an assault not just on the<br > United States， hul against all civilived peoples and nations. But， above all， we responded<br > out of common human decency; out of the belief ， put with simple eloquence by a<br > Canadian steamfitter on the way to Ground Zero to help with the recovery" effort， that<br > "A |riend in need， is a friend indeed."<br > Of coul， se A Diary Between Friends could never hope to be an eMlaustive account. Many<br > stories will live on quietly in the hearts of those who gave anti received kindness and<br > Compassion. It stands as a diary of the extraordinary response of a nation to an<br > unprecedented event. It is a meditatkm on what it truly means to be neighbours， to be<br > fi iends and， indeed， to be family.<br >