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House Hansard - 46

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 25, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 46 - Mar/25/22
Ms. Emmanuella Lambropoulos (Saint-Laurent, Lib.)
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Madam Speaker, today, March 25, is a very important day for Greece, across Canada and around the world. On this day, 201 years ago, Greece won back its independence from the Ottoman Empire during the revolutionary war of 1821. Brave men and women, heroes, fought, many to their death, for the freedom of future generations of Greeks. Today we honour and remember heroes such as Theodoros Kolokotronis, Laskarina Bouboulina and Rigas Feraios, whose famous words were as follows. [Member spoke in Greek and provided the following translation:] “It's finer to live one hour as a free man than 40 years as a slave and prisoner.” [English] We celebrate their victory, for we would not be where we are today if it were not for them. [Member spoke in Greek] [English]
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