Tuesday Mar. 4, 2014 – 10am
Posted Mar 4, 2014 01:12:54 PM.
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10:00am- Frank Etherington, Councillor for Ward 9 in the City of Kitchener, Re: The Statue Project proposed for Victoria Park in Kitchener has been voted down. Council voted 8-1 last night to go no further with the proposal, that could have seen 22 bronze prime minister statues placed at various points around Victoria Park. Only Mayor Carl Zehr voted against the motion. A recent public survey found about 79% of respondents said they didn’t support the building of the statues.
10:30am- Steve Andrusiak, Ukrainian Canadian Congress Ontario Provincial Council President, Re: The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has strongly condemned Russian provocation and military intervention in Ukraine. UCC have stated that they’ve seen heavily armed Russian forces wearing unmarked uniforms that block and seize strategic buildings and airports in Ukraine’s Crimea region. And Canada is considering taking part in a special observer mission to Ukraine’s troubled Crimea region to debunk Russian claims that people there are at risk.
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