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Letter to the Minister of State for Immigration and Multiculturalism Services

Letter to the Minister of State for Immigration and Multiculturalism Services

Kanadsko Hrvatski Kongres

?Canadian Croatian Congress
Kanadsko hrvatski kongress
NGO Member of the United Nations
March 18, 2005

Honourable Patrick Wong
Minister of State for Immigration and Multiculturalism Services
PO Box 9042
Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada, V8W 9E2

Dear Mr. Wong,

On February 12th, 2005 a Roundtable discussion was held between the Canadian Croatian Congress (CCC) and the Honourable Raymond Chan, Federal Minister of State (Multiculturalism) regarding the preservation of the Croatian heritage in Canada. On the topic of language promotion, Mr. Chan referred the Canadian Croatian Congress (CCC) both the British Columbia Ministry of Education and the British Columbia Ministry of Multiculturalism.

The Canadian Croatian Congress (CCC) interested in working with the British Columbia Government to establish a Croatian language Curriculum to be offered to students in Grades 9 to 12. The inclusion of the Croatian language as a secondary school credit would allow students of Croatian heritage an opportunity to maintain their cultural, historical and linguistic ties with their community and to allow other students a chance to develop their linguistic skills.

The aim of this Curriculum is to provide students with the opportunity to expand their basic knowledge of the Croatian language and culture which is over 1300 years old and could be a associated with the heritage language school program offered by the Croatian Parish in Vancouver. We are planning to base our Curriculum on a program successfully used for over 30 years in the Province of Ontario.

This initiative is supported by the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Waterloo, Croatian Embassy in Ottawa, the Croatian Heritage Foundation in Zagreb, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Education) for the Republic of Croatia, the Croatian Language School in Vancouver and Immaculate Heart of Mary Croatian Parish in Vancouver. 

Please advise on how to begin the process to implement a Secondary School Croatian language program. You may contact Ivan Curman at iab@shaw.ca or (604) 879-8915 for further discuss this matter.

Sincerely,

Ivan Curman, president
Kanadsko Hrvatski Kongres

Vinko Grubisic, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair for
Croatian Language and Culture,
University of Waterloo
Secretary, Canadian Croatian Congress

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Zagreb, 7. listopada 2004.
RAKETIRANJE BANSKIH DVORA

HRT – U jesensko poslijepodne radarska slu?ba Hrvatske vojske primijetila je na zaslonu odsjaj nekoliko bojnih zrakoplova jugoslavenske vojske. Oko 15 sati sirene u Zagrebu ozna?ile su zra?nu opasnost. Nekoliko minuta kasnije ti?inu nad zamrlim gradom prekinuo je zvuk zrakoplova, a potom vrlo sna?na detonacija. Nad Gornjim gradom nadvio se oblak pra?ine i dima. Nekoliko minuta kasnije Hrvatski radio obavje?tava: Zlo?ina?ko jugoslavensko zrakoplovstvo napalo je Banske dvore i raketiralo samu radnu sobu predsjednika Tu?mana.

Pukim slu?ajem u tome trenutku predsjednik Tu?man nije bio u svojoj sobi, me?utim prilikom raketiranja jedan je gra?anin ubijen, a nekoliko je civila i gardista ranjeno u okolici Banskih dvora. Po?injena je i znatna materijalna ?teta. Zbilo se to 7. listopada 1991.

Vijest o atentatu izazvala je ogor?ene reakcije diljem svijeta. Predsjednik Tu?man u ve?ernjem je televizijskom intervjuu izjavio kako osu?uje srpski terorizam, ali da Hrvatsku na svome putu do suverenosti i neovisnosti ne mogu sprije?iti ni zlo?ini niti ?rtve. Hrvatska bi nastavila ?ivjeti i bez mene, a sada ?e sa mnom ?ivjeti u slobodi, naglasio je dr. Franjo Tudjman.

Slu?beno priop?enje srpskih politi?ara i jugoslavenske armije bilo je o?ekivano – porekli su bilo kakvu upletenost u poku?aj atentata na hrvatskog predsjednika. Tvrdili su ?ak da jugoslavenski bojni zrakoplovi nisu ni letjeli toga dana. No raketiranje Banskih dvora bila je pomno isplanirana akcija srpske vojske i obavje?tajne slu?be.

U trenutku raketiranja u pogo?enoj je sobi doktor Tu?man trebao odr?ati sastanak s tada?njim jugoslavenskim premijerom Antom Markovi?em i s predsjednikom jugoslavenskog predsjedni?tva Stjepanom Mesi?em. Plan srpskih politi?ara i vojske bio je da jednim udarcem obezglave i Hrvatsku i Jugoslaviju – Mesi?a bi zamijenio srpski ?lan predsjedni?tva, bilo bi progla?eno izvanredno stanje i vojska bi iza?la na ulice. Srpski zlo?ina?ki naum sprije?ila je tek slu?ajnost – predsjednik Tu?man nekoliko je minuta ranije iza?ao sa svojim gostima iz sobe i izbjegao atentat.