What a contrast!!!
Tale of two women, two closed embassies, two very different stories
BY STEPHANIE LEVITZ, THE CANADIAN PRESS
POSTED JUN 7, 2015 2:00 PM EDT
OTTAWA – A Syrian woman sits in one of Canada’s capital cities, wondering about her family back home.
An Iranian woman sits in her country’s capital, wondering why her Canadian family abandoned her there.
Both are former employees of Canadian embassies —in Damascus and Tehran — closed in 2012 in the midst of social and political upheaval.
But documents obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information legislation show a stark contrast between the way Canada treated its former employees in Syria and those in Iran.
In Syria, a civil war prompted Canada to pull up stakes, while in Iran, a decision by Canada to cut off diplomatic ties with the government was behind the move.
In Syria, layoffs of local staff began in January 2012 and ended with the full closure of the embassy in March of that year.
Continue reading at:
http://www.citynews.ca/2015/06/07/tale-of-two-women-two-closed-embassies-two-ver
Tale of two women, two closed embassies, two very different stories
BY STEPHANIE LEVITZ, THE CANADIAN PRESS
POSTED JUN 7, 2015 2:00 PM EDT
OTTAWA – A Syrian woman sits in one of Canada’s capital cities, wondering about her family back home.
An Iranian woman sits in her country’s capital, wondering why her Canadian family abandoned her there.
Both are former employees of Canadian embassies —in Damascus and Tehran — closed in 2012 in the midst of social and political upheaval.
But documents obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information legislation show a stark contrast between the way Canada treated its former employees in Syria and those in Iran.
In Syria, a civil war prompted Canada to pull up stakes, while in Iran, a decision by Canada to cut off diplomatic ties with the government was behind the move.
In Syria, layoffs of local staff began in January 2012 and ended with the full closure of the embassy in March of that year.
Continue reading at:
http://www.citynews.ca/2015/06/07/tale-of-two-women-two-closed-embassies-two-ver
