SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2011 National Centre Needed to Celebrate Pacific Immigrants by Ingrid Parent and Henry Yu, Vancouver Sun February 26, 2011 The federal government recently announced the designation of Pier 21 in Halifax as Canada’s National Immigration Museum. We applaud this recognition of the importance of immigrants to the development of Canadian society. However, we … Continue reading
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We Need To Extend Pier 21 Across Canada
From the Globe and Mail, March 18, 2010 LAURA MADOKORO We need to extend Pier 21 across Canada In announcing a National Museum of Immigration in this month’s Throne Speech, the Harper government declared: “Our identities are bound up in the stories of ancestors from hundreds of lands.” For this reason, the Conservatives want Pier 21, … Continue reading