Canadian Senate reaffirms recognition of Armenian Genocide
Armenia’s Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganian met on May 13 newly appointed Senate Speaker Leo Housakos. Mr Eganyan congratulated Leo Housakos on his appointment. Then in the presence of representatives of the local Armenian community and Armenian Embassy staff, the Senate confirmed that it recognizes and condemns the Armenian Genocide. This was followed by Senator Thanh Hai Ngo’s speech. He recalled the resolution adopted by the Canadian Senate in 2002, the document adopted by the House of Representatives in Canada in 2014, the statements made by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper since 2006, the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives in April 2015 which did not only reaffirm the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the House of Representatives in, but also declared April 24 a Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. “By formally recognizing the Armenian genocide, Canada lives up to the principles that we have promoted throughout the world. Any country that desires to suppress its past, any country that does not confront its past head on, seriously risks a failure to liberate itself from its own history,” Senator Thanh Hai Ngo said in his speech. The reaffirmation of this historic motion was realized through the collective effort of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of Canada.
