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From YouTube: NOVEMBER 21 2019 Statements Dr. Andrew Weaver
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
41st Parliament
NOVEMBER 21 2019 Statements Dr. Andrew Weaver
A
Leader
third
party
Thank
You,
honorable
speaker,
honorable
speaker,
this
coming
Saturday
is
Ukrainian
famine
and
genocide,
holiday,
Memorial
Day.
It's
been
a
pleasure
working
with
members
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle
over
the
last
month
to
formally
recognize
this
important
day
in
British
Columbia.
As
members
know,
Ukrainian
famine
and
genocide.
Holodomor
Memorial
Day
is
particularly
important
and
relevant
to
my
family.
My
grandfather
and
his
family
were
survivors
of
the
Hall
of
demora.
He
and
his
wife,
together
with
my
mother
and
her
siblings,
made
their
way
to
Canada
after
the
Second
World
War.
A
Their
stories
have
stayed
with
me
during
the
holiday
more
in
1932
to
33,
between
3
and
4
million
people,
starved
to
death
due
to
Stalin's
forced
collectivization.
Indeed,
what
unfolded
there
was
horrific
peasants
were
forbidden
to
leave
collective
farms
and
the
Ukrainian
borders
were
closed
closely,
patrolled
to
prevent
the
starving
from
reaching
the
bread
and
searching
there
in
neighboring
Russia.
The
holiday
Mora
was
a
political
policy
that
destroyed
the
peasants
of
Ukraine
as
a
social
strata
and
crushed
their
opposition
to
the
Soviet
regime.
A
It's
been
recognized
by
the
Ukraine
and
15
other
countries
as
a
genocide
of
the
Ukrainian
people
carried
out
by
the
Soviet
government.
Canada
is
home
to
the
world's
largest
third
largest
Ukrainian
population,
with
an
estimated
1.3
6
million
Ukrainian
Canadians
living
across
this
country,
many
which
have
have
made
this
province
their
own
home
and
have
contributed
to
to
it
in
all
their
walks
of
life.
This
Saturday,
we
honor
the
survivors
of
Holland
or
Moore
and
their
descendants
descendants.