Winnipeg Sun, Canada
April 22 2004

News Briefs column

By SUN NEWS SERVICES

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE NOTED

OTTAWA — Canada became one of the few countries to formally
recognize the genocide of Armenian Turks during the First World War
in a strongly worded motion adopted 153-68 in the House of Commons
yesterday.

Government members were discouraged from voting for the motion, which
is sure to anger a Turkish government that has never recognized the
massacre of 1.5 million Armenians starting in 1915.

Following a charged debate at their weekly closed-door caucus
meeting, Liberal backbenchers voted massively in favour while the
party’s cabinet contingent rejected the Bloc Quebecois motion.