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Winnipeg Sun, Canada
April 22 2004
News Briefs column
By SUN NEWS SERVICES
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE NOTED
OTTAWA -- Canada became one of the few countries to formally
recognize the genocide of Armenian Turks during the First World War
in a strongly worded motion adopted 153-68 in the House of Commons
yesterday.
Government members were discouraged from voting for the motion, which
is sure to anger a Turkish government that has never recognized the
massacre of 1.5 million Armenians starting in 1915.
Following a charged debate at their weekly closed-door caucus
meeting, Liberal backbenchers voted massively in favour while the
party's cabinet contingent rejected the Bloc Quebecois motion.
April 22 2004
News Briefs column
By SUN NEWS SERVICES
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE NOTED
OTTAWA -- Canada became one of the few countries to formally
recognize the genocide of Armenian Turks during the First World War
in a strongly worded motion adopted 153-68 in the House of Commons
yesterday.
Government members were discouraged from voting for the motion, which
is sure to anger a Turkish government that has never recognized the
massacre of 1.5 million Armenians starting in 1915.
Following a charged debate at their weekly closed-door caucus
meeting, Liberal backbenchers voted massively in favour while the
party's cabinet contingent rejected the Bloc Quebecois motion.