New Ukrainian Consulate in Edmonton in 2008

Edmonton will soon have Ukraine’s only consulate in Western Canada, from a December 19 announcement made by Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring. Goldring who has pushed for the establishment of the consulate, said he has received a letter from Foreign Affairs Minister Maxine Bernier giving the federal government’s support for the office.

Bill Diachuk, a director of the Ukrainian-Canadian Congress Alberta
Council, stated “This is good news for all of Western Canada. He said “It will help particularly with tourism, with student exchange programs ... Alberta
has so much to offer, and Saskatchewan was supportive of it, too.”

Alberta’s Ukrainian-Canadian community has raised more than $28,000
towards the first year of operating costs of the new consulate, which is
expected to be open by the end of 2008. No consul has yet been named to be joined by three or four staff from Ukraine and a Canadian support staff member.