Advisory: Dhaliwal to Present Local Students’ Petition on Darfur Crisis to Parliament

Time: 7:00 AM Pacific (10:00 AM Eastern)
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Place: House of Commons - Ottawa
CPAC - Channel 72 on Delta Cable, Channel 110 on Shaw Television

Tomorrow Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal will present a petition to the House of Commons on behalf of nearly one thousand members of our community.

A group of students from local high school Seaquam Secondary collected 750 signatures on a petition to draw attention to the crisis in Darfur, which has been called the “worst humanitarian crisis of the century” by the United Nations.

President Grace Wilson and the other Seaquam students make up the Solution Society, which aims to create positive solutions for the problems facing our community and the world.   Their petition calls for Canada to take action to bring peace and humanitarian aid to Darfur.

“In cynical times, these bright young students have shown that our community really does care about the suffering of innocents abroad and through their initiative they have encouraged us all to work for positive solutions.  Their leadership is truly commendable,” Dhaliwal said.

To contact the Seaquam Solutions Society, please call Seaquam Secondary’s Toby Mundy at 604-591-6166.

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