Sikhs
Hearing the apology was monumental for Windsor visitors in Ottawa
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| It was a packed House of Commons on Wednesday as many from Canada's Sikh community listened to the official apology from the Canadian government for refusing to take in refugees aboard the Komagata Maru nearly 102 year ago. |
May 19, 2016: A group of Windsorites headed to Ottawa Wednesday to hear a long-awaited apology by the Canadian Government.
Harjinder Singh Kandola, president of the Sikh Cultural Society of Metropolitan Windsor, made the trek with several other Sikhs from the area.
The apology was for Canada's refusal to take in refugees aboard the Komagata Maru, a ship that anchored in Vancouver's Coal Harbour for two months in 1914.
Nearly all of the 376 passengers were denied entry and the ship was forced to return to India.
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| An official apology from Prime Minster Justin Trudeau. |
Hearing the apology was a monumental moment for Kandola and many others who visited Ottawa on Wednesday.
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| The Sikh community listened, on Wednesday, to a long-awaited apology from the Canadian government. |
"It was a very proud moment that Canada has recognized the value of human worth and dignity," Kandola said. "We should always stand up for justice, we must speak up against injustice and attempt to make things right."
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