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Amongst some oeople there will arise a doubt asto the wisdom
of these men ever leaving Canada to fight in Spain, but there can be no
doubt of this fact, thatthey had nothing personally to gainthroughdoing
so; and all honor must be accorded to then inasmuchas they riskedlife
and limb for an ideal, they felt it.aa-strongly to be their duty tqfim$h 

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in other words, they an they has me give eoeverythinag‘ they a  
to protect human freedom and liberty. i

In the world today there istaking place a gigantic struggle
between fascist and democratic states, and I cannot help but admire the men
aho were readvieven to give theiriggggégfighting on behalf of a democraticallyi

elected government of a friendly foreign country, when that country was

 

challenged by the forces of military action and international fas"‘“n.

 

The canoe for which they fought has been lost in Spain.  IThis sad faoti;l  t‘"§

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;renders the challenge to democracy everywhere even more acute; “.jiii%kEw

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extended in the world, andmust bring home to us in acute form the responsibility

of making aur democratic institutions unassailable, either from within or

aithout. In order to do so we must tackle the great problem of unemployment  iL

and poverty in a country that is so rich in natural resonrcee. » Ours is a *:=

responsibility to make progress under ;our} democratic institntionsin theU “

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solving of these problems.