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For Immediate Release NCCAR welcomes new Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Association
Ottawa, April 5th, 2007 – The National Council on Canada-Arab Relations welcomes the founding of the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Association. NCCAR congratulates members of Parliament Réal Ménard, Omar Alghabra, Libby Davies and the Honourable Senator Lucie Pépin for spearheading this initiative and carrying it through fulfillment.
“This association provides a forum for the Palestinian narrative, absent for so long from the Hill, to be heard by all Canadian parliamentarians,” said NCCAR President, Bahija Réghaï.
NCCAR hopes that this forum will encourage debate and dialogue, will lead to better understanding of the realities, ideas and culture of the Palestinian people and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and will help foster greater friendship, goodwill, and cooperation between Canadian and Palestinian parliamentarians. Palestinian interests must be taken into account when decisions are made and Canadian foreign policy regarding the conflict is set.
NCCAR looks forward to a long and constructive contribution on Parliament Hill by this Association.
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NCCAR Communications Coordinator: Wassim Garzouzi, (613) 238-3795, wassim(at)nccar(dot)ca.
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