This was the closing video at the end of Canada's #FIFAWorldCup roster announcement, & honestly, it got me a little emotional.
"They chose Canada."
Canada Strong. Canada Proud.
🍁⚽️🇨🇦❤️
Beautifully put together by TSN and @TSNScianitti. Give this a quick watch. #CANMNT
“Bohunks” and “garlic eaters.”
Some of the popular insults used to describe Ukrainian immigrants to Canada like these👇a century ago.
Many faced prejudice and discrimination because they weren’t “heritage Canadians.”
During the First World War, there were calls for their “remigration.”
Thousands were imprisoned in force labour camps, because they were deemed “enemy aliens,” on the absurd pretext that peasant farmers from Galicia might start an uprising in Canada on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire where they were born!
Despite all of that, they settled and built much of our northern prairies on the toughest farmland, clearing trees by hand, living in mud huts until they could build a house, erecting magnificent onion domed Churches to reflect their unique Byzantine ritual culture.
They and their descendants have been a great blessing to Canada, and are the reason that we have a special connection to that wonderful country.
Today at the European Parliament, people couldn’t hold back tears as 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv described surviving russia’s July 14, 2022 strike on Vinnytsia.
russia destroys children.
Ukrainian kids are forced to inspire an indifferent world instead of simply living.
😭 Footage That Makes You Want to Scream: A Father Rocks the Coffin of His Child
In Ternopil, people are saying goodbye to Maria and her children — Kamila and Nazarchyk.
Their father, Kamal, was the only one who survived the strike. He spent three days by the ruins of their home, hoping for a miracle.
The miracle never came...
A truly embarrassing moment for our country. I know the vast majority of my Republican colleagues agree with me. They're too scared to say it themselves.