As a child of Latvian parents she was "lucky to grow up in Sweden" as [of the many] of her relatives [who] stayed in Latvia, "some were also sent to Siberia."
As she says,
"A monument like this will be a recognition by Canada of the determination of millions to come to a country like ours that celebrates liberty and opposes the oppression of totalitarian communism. This recognition will also help us remember the suffering that many of those Canadians endured, as well as the suffering of the millions who couldn’t come, and of the many millions that perished in the Gulag."Noteworthy:
"According to [the] 2006 Census almost 9 million of Canada’s 33 million inhabitants come from either former or current communist led countries. This is close to a third of the Canadian population."To support the project and follow its progress visit (and bookmark) the site Tribute to Liberty.
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