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Point of View: Dutch -Canadian
bond fortifies two nations
From Afghanistan to the
Mideast air war against
ISIS, Canadians have lived
through a generation of war-
fare in which the objectives are
often ambiguous to the public
and victories as difficult to
divine.
There was no such lack of
clarity 70 years ago in the
soggy lowlands of Western
Europe.
Canadian troops, punching
above their weight, helped to
pry the Nazi jackboot off a tiny
country left shattered and
starving after Hitler's brutal,
five-year occupation.
The Netherlands was on its
knees and, as much as any one
country can claim credit in
what was an Allied fight
against the Germans, it was the
Canadians who lifted the des-
perate Dutch back on their feet
with deadly sacrifices the
grateful nation still honours.
Tuesday marks the 70th
anniversary of the capitulation
of German forces in Holland,
followed two days later by Ger-
many's unconditional surren-
der to end the Second World
War in Europe.
Hong Kong, Dunkirk, Nor-
mandy and Italy -- Canadians
paid terrible prices in the fury
and folly of the war's land cam-
paigns. In the skies over
Europe, and on the North
Atlantic, they paid again.
But when the Dutch com-
memorate their liberation
Tuesday, they'll be saluting not
just the 7,600 Canadians who
gave their lives to free them, or
the country that sheltered
members of their royal family
during the war, but the endur-
ing legacy of friendship the
war forged between the two
nations.
Library and Archives of Canada
Dutch civilians celebrate the arrival of
Canadian Corps troops in Utrecht after
the German surrender, May 7, 1945.
That bond is renewed each
spring at monuments in Can-
ada and in Europe. But it finds
its truest expression, quietly, in
the lives of millions of Canadi-
ans linked to the decades of
post-war Dutch immigration to
this country, which peaked in
the early 1950s with more than
20,000 arrivals a year. From
across The Netherlands they
came -- poor farmers with large
families, their prospects bleak
at home; professionals starting
all over again; and the children
of war -weary Dutch who, given
a choice, made Canada their
top destination when they
could have gone to places like
the U.S. and New Zealand.
Arriving first at Halfax's Pier 21,
and training across the country,
they came in later by air when
trans-Atlantic flight became
affordable. They went to cities
and towns and especially to
Canada's vast rural reaches,
making our country better.
In freeing the Dutch, Canada
also nurtured itself.
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From the archives
15 years ago...
■ Clinton OPP added
bicycles to its patrol.
"The bicycle patrol-
ling will make offic-
ers more visible,"
said Staff Sergeant
George Lonsbarry.
"It will also allow
them to have more
direct contact with
the public, as well as
promoting bicycle
safety."
■ The Bayfield Millen-
nial Conservation
Trust held its first
annual Arbor Day tree
planting. Two ceremo
nial trees were
planted, one in front
of the municipal
building and the other
on Main Street in front
of the Village Guild.
25 years ago...
■ Clinton Public Hospi-
tal Auxiliary raised
more than $17,000 for
a new X-ray unit in
less than five hours at
the organization's
annual
dinner -auction.
■ Central Huron Sec-
ondary School stu-
dents earned a spot in
the provincial show-
case with the play
Colours in the Dark by
James Reaney. The
students performed
the play at the annual
Sears festival before
moving on to the pro-
vincial showcase.
• The Huron Day Care
Centre for the Home-
bound celebrated
contributions to the
centre's activities by
volunteers. Over
5,000 hours had been
contributed to the
centre over the pre-
vious six months.
35 years ago...
• Huron County was the
leader in soil loss.
Huron agriculture rep-
resentative, Don Pul-
len, made a presenta-
tion Council about soil
loss in the county as
well as a conservation
program.
■ Liberal Murray Elston
was re-elected as MPP
for Huron -Bruce by
almost double the
number of votes of his
nearest rival. Elston's
win secured a 19 -year
Liberal tradition in the
riding.
■ Blyth Women's Insti-
tute celebrated its
75th year.
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