“Canada is too big, the pioneer work of many peoples too great, the service and sacrifice too widely distributed throughout the land to stand for any anti-Semitism, or anti-foreigner movements; we must work for empty,” said Gen. L. R. Lafleche, Canadian War Service Minister, in a speech to the Dominion Convention of the Canadian Legion, now being held in Vancouver.
Stressing the contribution of the foreign-born elements to Canada’s war-effort, the Minister added. “It is but natural that we should find their names in our lists of gallantry awards and in our lists of casualties. Ten percent of those killed in section are non Anglo-Saxon and non-French.”
When the war is over many of these men will return to Canada and they deserve to be welcomed for the part they played in Canada’s emergency, Gen. LaFleche stated.
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