CANADIAN COMMUNITIES UNITE TO REMEMBER VICTIMS OF CRIMES OF COMMUNISM
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Observatorul
S aturday, Oct 04, 2008
Canada
Representatives from Canada’s ethno-cultural communities have created
a non-profit organization, Tribute to Liberty, to establish a memorial
in Ottawa to the Victims of the Crimes of Communism.
"Because of this project Canadians will have an opportunity to learn
about the Crimes of Communism, and how they have affected the lives
of so many Canadians. Public awareness is very low in terms of the
huge number of Canadians who have suffered under Communism in the
countries they came from, and this memorial will change that," says
Philip Leong, Tribute to Liberty Board Chair.
"Ambassadors and their delegates from 14 countries have written to
the Prime Minister calling for the creation of a memorial," says
Leong. "We hope to build on that broad international endorsement with
comparable support from Canadians coast to coast to coast."
Proponents of the project are engaging with representatives from a
range of communities in Canada including Afghan, Armenian, Chinese,
Cuban, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Mennonite, Polish, Russian, Slovakian, Tibetan, Ukrainian and
Vietnamese, among others.
The members of the Tribute to Liberty Board of Directors are Philip
Leong, Chair; Alide Forstmanis, Treasurer; Reet Marten-Sehr, Secretary;
Alexandra Chyczij; and Wladyslaw Lizon.