Appeal to the Ukrainian Community

On 19 February 2009, Dave Levac, Liberal MPP for Brant, Frank Klees, PC MPP for Newmarket-Aurora, and Cheri DiNovo, NDP MPP for Parkdale-High Park introduced a joint Tri-partisan Private Members
Bill, the Holodomor Memorial Day Act ( Bill 147), in the Ontario Legislative Assembly. On 5 March 2009, Bill 147 passed second reading.

We ask all Ukrainians in Ontario to write to Premier Dalton McGuinty and urge him to support the passage of Bill 147. Please click on http://www.lucorg.com/luc/news.php?id=3545&newlang=eng&type=msg  to read the sample letter to the Premier and the key points we encourage you to include.

We are almost at the finish line, and it is of utmost importance for all of us, all Ukrainians in Ontario, to finally achieve victory as a united community!

League of Ukrainian Canadians

National Executive

© Copyright 2005 League of Ukrainian Canadians

UCC Denounces CBC's Decision to Disband RCI's Ukrainian Section

Winnipeg, March 27, 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 click here petition to sign the online petition.

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
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.

For more information:
UCC Media Contact
Darla Penner
Tel: (204) 942-4627
Email: dpenner@ucc.ca
www.ucc.ca

The Sounds of Ukraine will be heard in the spring of 2009

The award-winning KYIV CHAMBER CHOIR and Conductor MYKOLA HOBDYCH return in April and May, to perform in high quality musical venues in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Victoria, St. Catharines and Kitchener-Waterloo.

THE CANADA UKRAINE FOUNDATION

under the patronage and with the support of

THE UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS

invites you to

A FUNDRAISING BANQUET

with

DR. SERHIJ KVIT
President
KYIV MOHYLA UNIVERSITY

“UKRAINE’S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CRISIS
AND
KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY 18 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE”

TORONTO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 TH, 2009
GOLDEN LION BANQUET HALL
15 Canmotor Avenue, Etobicoke

6:30 pm cocktails/7:30 dinner

For tickets call in Toronto (416) 369-6666;
or fax your registration to the fax numbers shown on the attached form

Tickets and Donations: Income Tax Receipts provided (to the extent possible)

The Canada Ukraine Foundation and The Canada Ukraine Chamber of Commerce Invite you to meet Dr. Anders Aslund who will discuss his newly published book: HOW UKRAINE BECAME a MARKET ECONOMY and DEMOCRACY Dr. Aslund has been deeply engaged in following and advising on Ukraine’s development since 1985. He served as an economic adviser to the Ukrainian government from 1994 until 1997. He was one of the founders of the Kyiv School of Economics. In 2004 he co-chaired a United Nations Blue Ribbon Commission for Ukraine, Proposals for the President: A New Wave of Reform. Dr. Aslund co-edited Economic Reform in Ukraine: the Unfinished Agenda (2000) and Revolution in Orange (2006). Trident Banquet Hall and Conference Centre 145 Evans Ave Toronto, Ontario April 7, 2008 6:30pm cocktails 7:00pm start $10 Admission