Canada's planned recognition of the 1932-1933 genocide, or Holdomor, in Ukraine is very significant, even if long overdue. It was also apropos for this week's visit of Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, who remains that troubled nation's best hope for democracy and continued independence.
Ottawa's decision was motivated as much by ethnic politics as historic justice, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government deserves kudos for doing the right thing.
For eight decades, the greatest mass murder in modern history has been shamefully covered up or ignored. I was shocked to receive letters from young Ukrainian-Canadians saying they had known nothing about the Holdomor until reading about it in my columns. Hopefully, more now will know.
Click here for full story by Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun
2 comments:
It's nice to know there are some journalists who get it.
Yes Paulette, one of the rare non-Ukrainian writers in Canadian press, that has always stood up for the Ukrainians and their just cause. BRAVO Eric!!!!
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