Rideau Hall and Algonquin Nation

Syrian refugees: Welcome, all of you, to this forum on welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada, according to Huffington Post Canada. This forum is about much more than that, in fact. December 1, 2015Rideau Hall, Ottawa I begin by acknowledging that this important event is taking place on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation. It about living up to who we are as Canadians. For what What do I value above all... '" The Syrian refugee crisis is one such moment for our nation today. Vincent Massey, the first Canadian-born governor general, said: "Nations achieve character in crises... and it is of such moments in history that nations seem ... to say to themselves, 'I live for something. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.