Internment: Government of Canada signs Redress Accord (photos)

August 24, 2005 -- The PM is being presented with bread and salt by Teryn Stadnyk at UNF hall in Regina on the occasion of the signing of the Agreement-in-Principal between the Government of Canada and the Ukrainian Canadian community, a first step in articulating a shared vision for the acknowledgement, commemoration, and education of Canadians on the experiences of Ukrainians who were affected by the War Measures Act in Canada during the First World War, and in highlighting the contributions that Ukrainian Canadians have made to building Canada.

The historic agreement was signed on August 24, 2005 at the UNF Hall in Regina Saskatchewan by Minister Raymond Chan on behalf of the Canadian Government and by Mr. Paul M. Grod, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Mr. Andrew Hladyshevsky, President of the Shevchenko Foundation and Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, Director of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association who signed the agreement in principal on behalf of the Ukrainian Canadian community. Witnessing the signatures were Prime Minister Paul Martin and Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla.

Ed Lysyk