Ukrainian Canadians discuss redress with minister

TORONTO - Eight months after signing an Agreement in Principle with the government of Canada providing for the funding of various educational and commemorative projects having to do with Canada's first national internment operations, representatives of the Ukrainian Canadian community met with the new minister of Canadian heritage, Bev Oda, in Ottawa on March 24.

Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, Andrew Hladyshevsky and Ostap Skrypnyk represented the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, respectively.

Commenting on the results of this first meeting between the community and the Minister, Dr. Luciuk said: "We are very pleased that the minister reconfirmed this government's commitment to honoring the Agreement in Principle we signed in Regina, August 24, 2005. We can now report that, once the government has determined the appropriate terms and conditions, no less than $2.5 million will be made available to the National Redress Council of the Ukrainian Canadian community."

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 21, 2006, No. 21, Vol. LXXIV

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