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Kitchener 国会议员布雷德(Mr. Peter Braid)将随同加拿大代表团前往南非参加曼德拉葬礼。Mr. Braid 在1990年曼德拉出狱不久,当选南非总统之前的一次对加拿大的访问期间曾与曼德拉会面。他说,受到加拿大反对种族主义的强硬立场的鼓舞是他决定参政的原因之一。
Braid heads to South Africa for Mandela memorial
WATERLOO REGION — Our voice will be there when the world joins South Africa in mourning Nelson Mandela.
Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid has been tapped to join Canada's delegation, attending the memorial for South Africa's first black president.
"I'm truly honoured and humbled," he said. "Mr. Mandela is the most important political figure of our lifetime. I expect that this will be a life-changing experience."
The Conservative MP helps chair an association that builds ties between parliamentarians in Canada and Africa, promoting democracy, human rights and good governance.
He says he was inspired to seek office in part by Canada's strong stand against the racist white regime that imprisoned Mandela for 27 years.
来源:http://www.therecord.com/news-st ... r-mandela-memorial/
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