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The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
Foreign Affairs Canada
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6
The
Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, P.C., M.P.
Minister
of International Development
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6
August 10th, 2022
To the Honourable Mélanie
Joly,
To the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, P.C., M.P.,
The
Canadian Network on Cuba is making this urgent appeal to Canadian Government to
immediately send material aid in the face of the supertanker facility accident
at Cuba’s main oil terminal in Matanzas, Cuba. Hundreds of Cuban
firefighters and others are working in flat-out impossible
conditions. More than a hundred people have been injured and
hospitalized, and 17 are missing.
The
Canadian Network on Cuba, comprised of 23 solidarity organizations from
Victoria to Halifax, asks the Canadian government to join other countries, such
as Mexico and Venezuela, who are helping Cuba at this dire time.
The
illegal, cruel US blockade of Cuba has deliberately cut Cuba off from getting
basic materials desperately needed for treating burn victims from this
disaster, as well as extinguishing a fire of this nature and dimension.
Canada
has a long history of diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba and
has consistently voted at the United Nations to condemn the US Blockade against
Cuba.
Now
is the time to stand up and be counted by sending urgently needed medical
supplies to treat the burn victims and help vulnerable people from the air
pollutants created by the toxic smoke. We are less than 4 hours
flight from Cuba. Canada needs to send what is needed - Now.
Sincerely,
Samantha Hislop, email: hislopsamantha@gmail.com
Julio Fonseca, email: jfonseca@rogers.com
Co-Chairs, Canadian Network on Cuba
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