Ruth Goldbloom and Ottawa

: It fitting that Ottawa is helping fulfill the dream of the late Ruth Goldbloom and other volunteers who worked hard to ensure it would be preserved to tell the unvarnished story of immigration, according to The Chronicle Herald. That story embraces hardships people endured to get here, dreams they pursued, horrors they fled. Pier 21 can fairly claim to be Canada gateway to hope for generations of immigrants. It includes the good and the bad of immigration policies which welcomed some and excluded others, were marred by racism and were not always humane, fair or worthy of pride. If Pier 21 were right up to date, it would have an exhibit honouring those who have fought Ottawa shameful efforts to remove basic health coverage for many refugee claimants waiting for cases to be decided. And not all those failures are buried in the past. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.