Members of Parliament honoured Cpl. Nathan Cirillo with a moment of silence as they tried to get back to a normal routine, a day after the soldier was killed during the Ottawa shootings.
Cirillo was shot and killed while standing guard at the war memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Wednesday morning, just before 10 a.m. ET.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and wife Laureen walk up to the perimeter of the crime scene at the National Memorial to lay flowers in Ottawa on Thursday. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
The House allowed proceedings inside the chamber to be broadcast, as the parade entered and Speaker Andrew Scheer read the prayer that opens every sitting day.
The parade is a formal event carried out daily when the House is sitting. Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers and Scheer lead off the procession, which also includes support staff like the clerk, and can be filmed outside the chamber. The arrival inside and the prayer are always off-limits.
The broadcast made public the standing ovation MPs gave Vickers, who stood stoically in his place at the back of the chamber, nodding solemnly before his face softened with the emotion of the extended applause.
In his speech, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told MPs that they are never enemies.
"We are all Canadians," he said.
'We'll stand together'
Harper went on to thank Vickers and walked to the back of the chamber to shake his hand, then strode to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to shake his hand, and back to the middle to hug NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.
Mulcair echoed Harper's comments.
Flags fly at half mast on Parliament Hill and on the Peace Tower in Ottawa on Thursday. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
"We'll stand up and we'll stand together ... we'll prevail because that's what Canadians have always done. Together," he said.
MPs met at the National War Memorial before parliamentary business resumed a day after the Ottawa shootings.
The MPs gathered close to the memorial and sang O Canada before hugging and wiping away tears.
Harper and his wife, Laureen, arrived at the heavily guarded memorial to lay a wreath. The memorial is still closed off to the public by yellow police tape.
There was a commotion across the street in front of a popular pub, where a man crossed the yellow barrier when Harper was at the memorial. Police had their guns drawn, but didn't fire any shots, and arrested the man.
"One male arrested this morning for disturbing the crime scene at the Cenotaph. No further information at this time," the Ottawa police tweeted minutes later.
'Let's get back to work'
On the other side of the barricades lining the square, MPs from all parties exchanged hugs and stories from the lockdown.
The sunrise starts to light the National War Memorial one day after a soldier was shot to death there. (Andrew Foote/CBC)
New Democrat MP Mike Sullivan passed out tiny Canadian flag pins.
"Do you have enough?" wondered Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino, who was also on the scene.
A short distance away, an uncharacteristically silent Pierre Poilievre, an Ottawa MP and minister of state for democratic reform, watched the steadily growing gathering of MPs.
In his arms, NDP MP Charlie Angus carried flowers he hoped to lay on the memorial, but made sure to give his staffer full credit for the idea.
In the end, it was unclear which MP kicked off the impromptu O Canada singing, but the rest were quick to join in. When the last strains of the last line faded, it was Angus who summed it up.
"Let's get back to work," he said.
The flag on Parliament Hill, as well as all other federal buildings, is being flown at half-mast "to commemorate the tragic events that occurred in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, on October 20, 2014, and Ottawa, Ontario, on October 22, 2014," according to the Canadian Heritage website, referring to the death of another soldier after he was run down in a parking lot.
Other MPs are ready to get back to business.
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