Given the centennial in 2005 of the grant of provincial status to Alberta and the passing of many of the people whom he helped to rescue from refugee camps after the Second World War, it is fitting that the "Legacies Shared" series should publish this volume now. [...] Hlynka wanted to explain to this "third immigration" the nature of Canada's democracy, to impress upon them the pioneering experience and the achieve- ments of the Ukrainian settlers in opening the Canadian west, and to remind the newcomers of his own role in drawing public atten- tion to their precarious existence in refugee camps. [...] The last term of his distinguished parliamentary career, 1945-49, coincided with the outbreak of one of the most crucial periods in the history of the twentieth century, the Cold War. [...] The advantages afforded by his parliamentary tenure provided Hlynka with an ideal opportunity to publicize before the government and the people of Canada issues of ethnic discrimination, the cause of Ukraine's freedom, and the plight of European refugees. [...] Most of the immigrants to Western Canada settled in a wide arc along the southern edge of the Canadian Shield, from the rock-strewn Stuartburn area of southeastern Manitoba through the scrublands of the Interlake to the Yorkton-Saskatoon district and along the valley of the North Saskatchewan River to Vegreville, east of Edmonton.
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Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 7
- Foreword 12
- Preface 16
- Acknowledgments 18
- Introduction 20
- part I: SELECTIONS TRANSLATED FROM Antin Hlynka, Posol Federalnoho Parliamentu Kanady, 1940–49 AND DRAFT MANUSCRIPT 46
- Reflections on the Way to Ottawa 48
- How I Became a Politician 62
- The 1940 Election 70
- The 1945 Election 86
- Responsibilities of a Ukrainian Canadian Member of Parliament 92
- The Ukrainian Liberation Struggle 96
- For Equality of All Canadian Citizens 104
- part II: FROM HLYNKA'S DIARY AND NOTES 112
- On the Way to London 114
- Hlynka in London 118
- Hlynka in Germany 142
- Hlynka in Italy 168
- The Return from Europe: Helping the Refugees 184
- Epilogue 188
- part III: SELECTED SPEECHES OF ANTHONY HLYNKA 190
- House of Commons: In Defence of Western Farmers 21 June 1940 192
- House of Commons: United Canada 25 November 1940 198
- What Price Freedom? 11 March 1944 208
- House of Commons: Farmers' Problems 23 May 1944 214
- House of Commons: Displaced Persons in Europe 26 September 1945 216
- The Problem of Ukrainian Displaced Persons 12 January 1946 228
- Immigration 5 June 1946 232
- House of Commons: 1947–48 Budget and the Canadian Farmer 27 May 1947 244
- Ukrainian Christmas 5 January 1948 246
- House of Commons: Displaced Persons and Refugees 31 May 1948 252
- Canada 28 September 1948 264
- House of Commons : The Present Position of Agriculture and its Outlook for the Future 7 March 1949 266
- Empire Day 24 May 1949 270
- Hlynka in Hansard 274
- part IV: HLYNKA AS PORTRAYED IN THE CANADIAN PRESS 280
- Parliament 26 November 1940 281
- Ukrainian Calls for Unity 26 November 1940 282
- Ukrainian Hall Dedicated to Furthering War Effort 17 March 1941 283
- Ukrainians in Canada Insist Mother Country Remain As Independent 23 May 1941 285
- Only Ukrainian Member Is Proud of Countrymen Here 26 June 1941 288
- Biography: Anthony Hlynka November 1941 290
- Definite Plan of Freedom Urged 2 February 1942 293
- Anthony H. Hlynka Declares: For More Definite Pronouncement of Peace Aims 3 February 1942 295
- Asks Canada Help Ukraine Regain Her Independence 3 February 1942 310
- A Peculiar Speech 7 February 1942 313
- Letter to the Editor 16 February 1942 315
- Group of Ukrainian Critics Communist, M.P. Charges 21 February 1942 318
- Crowded Theatre Hears Ukrainian M.P. 23 March 1942 321
- End of Race Prejudice Foreseen by Alberta M.P. 15 April 1942 324
- Mr. Hlynka Will Vote "Yes" 27 April 1942 326
- Editorial 29 April 1942 328
- Parliamentary Personalities: Anthony Hlynka, Social Credit, Vegreville, Alberta March 1943 330
- Urge Ukrainians Boost Enlistments to Forces and Further War Drives 17 March 1943 333
- Charges People to Throw Whole Effort into War 24 March 1943 336
- Independent Ukrainian State is Urged in Brief to Ottawa 31 March 1943 338
- Ukrainians Play Big Role in Canadian War Forces 3 April 1943 340
- Extract from Maclean's Magazine 1 August 1943 342
- Vegreville's M.P. Married in Toronto 1 December 1943 344
- Hlynka Worries about Ukraine 27 March 1945 345
- Editorial 28 March 1945 347
- Vegreville M.P. Thanks Electors 12 July 1945 349
- Hlynka Urges Stop Pressure on Repatriates 25 September 1945 351
- Socred M.P. Slams Reds 26 September 1945 352
- Hlynka Protests Moving Ukrainians 25 January 1946 354
- Protests Patriot Betrayal to Russian Persecution 26 January 1946 355
- People Weep, Raise $5,000 as Hlynka Pleads for Refugees 28 January 1946 357
- 'Cross Town with Cross 20 March 1946 360
- Warns against Fifth Column Work of Reds 20 May 1946 362
- All-Canada Ukrainian Congress An Eye-Opener 7 June 1946 364
- Lakehead Ukrainians Hear Anthony Hlynka; M.P. 8 June 1946 366
- Sees Red Voting Immigration Bar 24 March 1947 370
- MP Describes Plight of Displaced Persons 28 April 1947 372
- Urges Canada to Accept Desirable Europeans 5 May 1947 374
- Hlynka Asks Immigration Relaxation 12 May 1947 377
- Merely Half of Camps for Displaced Persons Found "Fair to Good" 26 May 1947 380
- Strictly Political 12 July 1947 382
- BG Can 'Handle' 230,000 Immigrants 10 October 1947 384
- Hlynka Praises The Star's Anti-Commie Leadership 4 May 1948 386
- Hlynka Asks D.P.'s Use Idle Farms 1 June 1948 388
- Voters of Vegreville Constituency! 1949 390
- MP Claims Reds' Vote Defeated Tony Hlynka 3 October 1949 392
- APPENDICES 394
- 1 The Historical Significance of Ukrainian Group Settlement in Canada 396
- 2 The Federal Constituency of Vegreville, Alberta 1940s 402
- 3 The First Ukrainian Canadian in Parliament: Michael Luchkovich 412
- 4 Additional Readings 422
- 5 Speeches to Vegreville Riding 424
- NOTES 426
