Zuzak
GRC Report; Wed., Nov. 07, 2007
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Holodomor:
This past month 4 articles related to
the
Holodomor have been archived at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/holodomor/holodomor.html
These include
- 30 items in the 04Nov2007
issue of
AUR887,
- “Holodomor:
was it ethnocide?” by Andrei
Marchukov in the 16Oct2007 issue of RIA Novosti questioning whether the
Holodomor should be designated a genocide,
- “Bear
the guilt” by Eric Margolis in the
04Nov2007 issue of the Toronto Sun referring to the Great Terror of
1937-38 --
5 years after the Holodomor, and
- “Ukraine
to criminalize holocaust denial”
by Lubomyr Prytulak in
the 24Oct2007
issue of e-Poshta.
Dr
Prytulak argues:
“It should be kept in mind
that
Holocaust denial does not refer merely to the position that "It didn't
happen," but rather includes any questioning of the accuracy of any
detail
of allegations concerning the Jewish Holocaust. The Holodomor has
nothing to
fear from Holodomor denial. Any better-quality criticism of the
Holodomor will
just keep our historians on their toes, and will put a ceiling on
Ukrainian
hyperbole which would ultimately have the damaging effect of eliciting
incredulity. Any poor-quality Holodomor denial discredits itself. What
the
proposed law will accomplish is to inhibit a bold Ukrainian defense of
anti-Ukrainian
defamation, such as was needed in the case of the persecution of John
Demjanjuk, and such as is needed today in response to a number of
initiatives
in which Ukraine is gratuitously defamed.”
Dr.
Prytulak provides 4 relevant quotes on
freedom of expression and an Internet link to his letter dated
13Mar2004 to
Irwin Cotler on the issue.
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National Committee for the
Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Holodomor:
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is planning
a yearlong program to commemorate the 1932-33 Holodomor throughout
Canada
starting with Saturday 24Nov2007. The chair of the committee, Irene
Mycak,
called a teleconference involving about 12 people during the evening of
Sunday
04Nov2007 to plan the events. Details should be available on the UCC
website
soon
http://www.ucc.ca/
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Income Trusts [06Nov2007]:
A link by this name has been added to
the
upper-left-hand corner of my website at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/
On Halloween night Tuesday, 31 October 2006, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced that the federal government would tax income trust distributions at 31.5% at source, which resulted in an immediate drop in stock market evaluations of the income trusts by some $35 billion. At present, the site contains 16 articles (8 of which are pdf files) that explain the issue in detail and archive my involvement in the debate.
My position is that the income trust format
is superior to the equity corporation format from the point of view of
tax
generation and Canadian control of natural resources and business
enterprises.
The tax levy should be rescinded.
Respectfully submitted
Will Zuzak, 2007-11-07