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Winnipeg, March 26, 2009 – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) calls upon CBC Radio Canada International (RCI) to overturn their decision to permanently shutdown the Ukrainian Section of RCI effective this week after 57 years of service to Canada.
“We understand that the Ukrainian Section of RCI is the only foreign language department to be terminated,” stated Paul Grod, UCC National President. “Such a decision is unconscionable and is out of line with the Government of Canada’s commitment to Ukraine as one of its top strategic bilateral partner countries.”
Canadians should write to:
Hubert T. Lacroix
President and CEO
CBC/Radio-Canada
1400 René-Lévesque Boulevard East
P.O. Box 6000
Montréal, QC H3C 3A8
EMAIL: ht.lacroix@cbc.ca
encouraging him to reconsider the decision to permanently shutdown the Ukrainian Section of RCI and find ways to increase its resources due to its strategic importance to Canada.
We encourage you to sign the online petition at http://www.webfury.net/ucc/register.asp.
UCC’s letter to CBC President Hubert T. Lacroix can also be viewed at http://ucc.ca/media_releases/2009-03-26_2/index.htm
We also encourage Canadians to express their concerns to:
| The Hon. Lawrence Cannon, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
CannoL@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. James Moore, MP, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages |
MooreJ@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. Bev Oda, MP, Minister of International Cooperation |
OdaB@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. Vic Toews, MP, President of the Treasury Board |
ToewsV@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. Stockwell Day, MP, Minister of International Trade |
DayS@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. Jason Kenney, MP, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism |
KenneJ@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. Michael Ignatieff, MP, Leader of the Official Opposition |
IgnatM@parl.gc.ca |
| The Hon. Jack Layton, MP, Leader of the New Democratic Party |
LaytoJ@parl.gc.ca |
| Mr. Gilles Duceppe, MP, Leader of the Bloc Québécois |
DucepG@parl.gc.ca |
| Ms. Joy Smith, MP, Chair, Canada Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group |
SmithJ@parl.gc.ca |
About UCC
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has been coordinating and representing the interests of the Ukrainian Canadian community for over 60 years. In addition to being one of Canada’s largest ethnic communities (1.2M), the Ukrainian Canadian community is one of its founding peoples helping to settle western Canada starting almost 120 years ago and being instrumental in shaping the face of our proud nation on topics such as Multiculturalism.
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