UCC Saskatchewan forms Task Force on Denaturalization and Deportation

SASKATOON - The board of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress's Saskatchewan Provincial Council (UCC-SPC) has authorized the formation of a Saskatchewan Task Force on Denaturalization and Deportation. This is in response to the federal government's plan to deport alleged World War II criminals without benefit of a criminal trial.

The 19th Congress of Ukrainian Canadians held in Winnipeg in October of this year resolved that, due to the persistent, false and defamatory allegations linking the Ukrainian Community in Canada with Nazi war crimes, the issue of denaturalization and deportation is a priority issue for the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. The congress instructed the UCC Committee for Justice to organize and coordinate political action throughout Canada via UCC provincial councils and branches.

The UCC-SPC Task Force will coordinate the activities of the Provincial Council and its constituent members on this issue; make representations to the Provincial Government regarding denaturalization and deportation; and act as an informational clearinghouse for the province's Ukrainian organizations and the entire Ukrainian Canadian community of Saskatchewan.

For more information, contact Ostap Skrypnyk: at telephone, (306) 652-5850; fax, (306) 665-2127; or e-mail, [email protected]. The task force address is 980-606 Spadina Crescent E., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 3H1.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 10, 1999, No. 2, Vol. LXVII

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