The inaugural meeting of the Canadian Committee of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations was held, at which the committee’s leadership was elected.
Vice-President of the ABN and representative of the Government of the Independent Republic of Tatarstan abroad, Aida Abdrakhmanova, addressed the audience with a welcoming speech. In her address, Aida Abdrakhmanova emphasized the importance of supporting the national liberation struggle of enslaved nations at the international level, particularly in Canada. By the way, this was Aida Abdrakhmanova’s first public speech in the Ukrainian language.
The audience was also addressed by Leontiy Shypilov, Vice President of the ABN, Head of the University of Free Nations, and Oleh Vitvitskyj, Executive Director of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations. They described the features of the ABN’s work at the current stage, and spoke about the socio-political, informational, educational, and human rights direction of the ABN’s activities.
During the meeting, Orest Stetsiv, a well-known public and political figure and one of the leaders of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations in Canada, was unanimously elected chairman of the Canadian Committee of the ABN. His deputies were Myroslav Petriv and Petro Tsyhynka. Anton Sestritsyn was approved as the Committee’s information officer. The meeting participants discussed the forthcoming work plans and ways to develop the organisation in Canada.
