Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Dion. I am here to represent the Vietnamese community in Canada, specifically, the 20,000 plus people in the Vietnamese community in the Montreal region. We are here to deliver our community's message. We want to keep that day for several reasons. First of all, h

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. Keep in mind, all the tragedy, lives lost, much of the terror and atrocities occurred as of April 30, 1975. That is the only date to remember. We must preserve that date otherwise it will be forgotten and we won't be able to explain, especially to future gen

Canadian Heritage committee  Again, all this tragedy, between 1975 and now, began on April 30, after the Fall of Saigon.

Canadian Heritage committee  We cannot choose any other date because future generations, Canada, and the world needs to know that it was a day never to forget.

Canadian Heritage committee  Could I have one more minute?

Canadian Heritage committee  I will sum up. The Vietnamese community in Montreal has significantly contributed to the development of Canadian and Quebec society: every year it organizes a Health Day around September or October for 400 to 500 people from various ethnic backgrounds with presentations and advi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. He is but one of 840,000 individuals called “refugees”. It is estimated that during this exodus, more than 250,000 Vietnamese lost their lives at sea and roughly 100,000 in the forests at the borders, due to drowning, disease, starvation, violence and acts of piracy.

Canadian Heritage committee  Honourable Members, Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, allow me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Ba Ngoc Dao, and I have been the president of the Vietnamese community in Canada for the greater Montreal area for four years. I was the president of