For Immediate Release
Ottawa, May 9, 2001… Rochelle Wilner, in her first official visit as President to the nation’s capital to meet high-ranking Canadian officials, commented on MP Andrew Telegdi’s question period remarks: “While Mr. Telegdi’s statement in the Commons today is a good beginning, we look forward to him apologizing to B’nai Brith Canada for misrepresenting our decades-long struggle to bring to justice those who have lied about their wartime pasts to gain entry and later citizenship to this country.”
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B’nai Brith Canada, active in Canada since 1875, is the community’s senior advocacy and volunteer organization.
For more information, please contact:
Rochelle Wilner, President of B’nai Brith Canada at (416) 254-1010.
Jesse Guberman
Program and Publications Coordinator
Institute for International Affairs
B’nai Brith Canada
Phone: (416) 633.6224 Ext.140
Fax: (416) 630.2159
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