I am proud of the fact that my Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has officially recognised the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
This action has not been without repercussions. See this story for background info:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/realitycheck/20060509gray.html
I wish the Turkish government would come to terms with the fact of the Armenian Genocide. Blackmailing countries into denial doesn’t change history. I am not an Armenian and I am not Turkish. When I began my initial decade of research into the events of 1915, I had no preconceived ideas. What I found were hundreds of first-hand survivor accounts of Armenians. Every single Armenian in Canada today lost a family member during the genocide. How can that be denied?
And what also must be acknowledged is that this was a government action. These were not isolated incidents initiated by individuals. What also must be acknowledged is that there would have been no survivors had it not been for the heroic Muslims — Turks, Kurds and Arabs — who saved Armenians and risked their own lives doing so.
