Canada: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: OTTAWA - Nelson Mandela is being remembered in Canada for his wisdom and fearless fight against racism. As it turned out, Canada also occupied a special place in Mandelas heart in later years. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Its fair to say that Mandela was deeply attached to Canada, recalled Lewis, who visited Mandela and his wife, Graca Machel, numerous times between 2001 and 2009 in South Africa. Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers condolences to all citizens of South Africa and the Mandela family, on behalf of the Government of Canada in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Related Items Articles We Day co-founder reflects South Africa commemorates Nelson Mandela as government readies funeral Nelson Mandela dies at age 95; South Africa's president says 'we've lost our greatest son' The man known affectionately as Madiba died Thursday at age 95. Mandela never forgot the support he received from Canada and from former prime minister Brian Mulroney in his epic fight for freedom, said Stephen Lewis, Canadas former United Nations ambassador under Mulroney. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.