April 10, 2010 (five years ago) is the date of the Polish plane tragedy at Smolensk. One does recall that in its aftermath, the Polish-Canadian community may have finally broken through to the consciousness at least some Canadians.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s declaration of a day of national mourning for Canada, in solidarity with Poland, and his participation and speech in the mass memorial held at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Mississauga, Ontario, on April 15, 2010, could have been very important moments in the history of the Polish-Canadian community. “Whenever Poland grieves, Canada grieves,” Stephen Harper said. “We stand with the victims of Katyn then and now.” Finally a Canadian Prime Minister was expressing what seemed like genuine sympathy for Poles, combined with at least some real knowledge of Polish history – a knowledge that was sadly lacking among most of his predecessors and, indeed, most Canadians.
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