Canadian government budget gives green light to redress for internment

From: The Ukrainian Weekly | Date: March 27, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Guly, Christopher
Ukrainian Weekly, The
03-27-2005
OTTAWA - A two-decade-long campaign for redress regarding the internment of
thousands of Ukrainian Canadians during the first world war because of
their Austro-Hungarian citizenship could soon be resolved as a result of
the recently released federal budget.

Within the 431-page document, delivered to Parliament last month, is a $25
million (about $21 million U.S.) commitment over the next three years "for
commemorative and educational initiatives" directed to Canadian
ethnocultural groups that carry "troubling memories ... as a result of
events that ...

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