Mr. Speaker, from 1932 to 1933, millions of Ukrainians perished in the Holodomor, a man-made famine deliberately engineered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. For many years, Saskatchewan's Holodomor memorial stood in Regina's Wascana Park, with the reproduction of the iconic Bitter Memories of Childhood statue as its centrepiece. Unfortunately, over time, the Saskatchewan winters took their toll and the memorial fell into disrepair.
Recently, the Provincial Capital Commission, in consultation with the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress's Holodomor construction committee, completed a restoration project of the memorial so that it remains a dignified public reminder of the resilience of the Ukrainian people in Ukraine, Saskatchewan and around the world.
I thank everyone who contributed to the restoration of Saskatchewan's Holodomor memorial. Slava Ukraini.