UCCLA's Christmas postcards recall internment operation (12/26/99)

UCCLA's Christmas postcards recall internment operation

Since 1995 the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) has been sending out Christmas postcards to remind legislators and others across Canada that the effort to achieve reconciliation between the Ukrainian Canadian community and the federal government over the internment of "enemy aliens" during World War I remains unrealized. The Canadian government has yet to acknowledge the injustice of Canada's first national internment operations and offer restitution by committing to a series of educational projects that will hallow the memory of internment victims. The UCCLA sends each member of Parliament and senator at least one postcard; and many UCCLA members and supporters send their own. Over 2,000 postcards (like the one seen above)were distributed this year.

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