The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), applauds the unanimous resolution of the House of Commons consented on November 25, 2004 at 16:15h which resolved, --

That, in the opinion of this House and based on the observations of several thousand international observers, including observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, NATO, and the United States, as well as the observations of approximately 100 Canadian observers and two Canadian Parliamentary delegations; a concerted, systemic and massive fraud has been committed by the current regime and the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine against the will of the people of Ukraine.

That, based on the above mentioned observations, the electoral commission does not have a legitimate basis for declaring Mr. Yanukovich the winner of the presidential election

That in the event that President Kuchma and the Government of Ukraine do not ensure that the democratic will of the Ukrainian people is respected, the Government of Canada shall consider the introduction of appropriate and effective measures, mindful of the impact on the people of Ukraine and will seek the cooperation on such measures with the international community.

"We wish to commend Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre for putting forth this motion" state UCC President, Irene (Orysia) Sushko. "We wish to impress upon the Prime Minister and the Government of Canada that the Ukrainian Canadian Community is extremely troubled with Russia's interference in the sovereignty and in the democratic free will of the Ukrainian people" Russia's sponsorship of Mr. Yanukovich, the pro-Russian oligarch, must be denounced and its interference in Ukraine's fledgling democracy must be censured by Canada."

November 25, 2004