Robert Dziekanski: J.A. Wainwright

Wainwright Dept: "Quite frankly, I got tired of seeing Robert Dziekanski die," said Wainwright, a poet and author, according to CTV. The opera, set to premiere at the Scotia Festival of Music on Thursday in Halifax, tells the story of Dziekanski, an immigrant from Poland who died in 2007 after being repeatedly stunned by Mounties at the Vancouver airport and hALIFAX Repeatedly seeing video of Robert Dziekanski being stunned with a Taser by RCMP officers on national television inspired J.A. Wainwright to write an opera about the tragedy. "I wanted to see him live." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.