Pilipino Express • Jun 1 2019

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Volume 15 • No. 11 • June 1 - 15, 2019 Publication Mailing Account #41721512

Winwyn Marquez

Pinoy Pride

Canada celebrates first Filipino Heritage Month

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It was October 30, 2018 when the House of Commons of Canada adopted Motion 155 declaring “June as Filipino Heritage Month” nationwide. Paulina Corpuz of Toronto, Ontario started with a petition to establish Filipino Heritage Month. Through the sponsorship of Councillor Neehan Shan, a motion was submitted to the City of Toronto Council, and with the endorsement of various individuals and organizations, the motion was approved unanimously by city council. It was then moved and introduced in the House of Commons by Liberal MP for Scarborough Centre, Salma Zahid. In Winnipeg, Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux and daughter, MLA Cindy Lamoureux are spearheading the first National Filipino Heritage Event on June See PINOY p18

Canadian trash heading home

14 Benjamin Alves, Sanya Lopez & Pancho Magno

MHEL ELAGO (204) 955-4654

landmhel@gmail.com

www.landmhel.ca

Most of the 69 shipping containers of Canadian trash that have been the focus of controversy in the Philippines since 2014 are on their way back to Canada. The containers were loaded onto a ship belonging the Canadian arm of the French shipping company Bollore Logistics at the port in Subic Bay in the early morning hours of May 31. They are destined for a Wasteto-Energy Facility in Burnaby BC. where it will be processed to produce enough electricity to power about 16,000 homes.

Cargo ship Bavaria at Subic Bay. Photo courtesy of MP Kevin Lamoureux. Read more in his article on p5.

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