Former Canadian Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn Dead at Age
ïêàëíéë êéÑàÇëü! CHRIST IS BORN! Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE No.KRAINIAN 52 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Verkhovna Rada caucuses negotiate FormerT CanadianU Governor General W Ramon Hnatyshyn dead at age 68 compromise and adopt 2003 budget by Christopher Guly Canadian Congress. by Yarema A. Bachynsky Nine pro-presidential caucuses. That day Mr. Hnatyshyn, whose parents were Special to The Ukrainian Weekly saw the paper-thin majority of roughly OTTAWA – In death as in his life, of Ukrainian descent, made Ukrainian- 236 deputies oust now former Governor Ramon John Hnatyshyn gave Canada’s Canadian history on December 14, 1989, KYIV – Capping two weeks of sharp of the National Bank of Ukraine Ukrainian community a national profile when he was named Canada’s 24th gov- and at times violent confrontation in the Volodymyr Stelmakh; replace him with with a distinctly personal touch. ernor general, which made him Queen halls of Parliament, the Opposition Four now former MP and Labor Ukraine Party At his family’s request, the December Elizabeth II’s representative in Canada (Our Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, leader Serhii Tyhypko; re-allocate all 15 23 funeral service for the country’s for- and the country’s de facto head of state. Socialists and Communists) caucuses on committee chair assignments held by the mer governor general, held at Ottawa’s He was sworn into office on January 29, December 24 agreed to cease blocking Opposition Four to members of the Nine; Anglican cathedral, followed the rites of 1990.
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