For Ukrainians in Canada, new conscription rules increase pressure to fight
Dmytro lives a simple life in Winnipeg — baking bread at a supermarket or playing volleyball with fellow Ukrainians.
Dmytro, who is non-binary and uses the pronoun they, says they feel safe in a country that accepts them as they are. But they know it’s different in Ukraine.
“You’re going to be looked upon as a person who is weak, a person who is afraid, the person who is working [for] their enemy,” said Dmytro, a tall, slim 20-something with a mop of brown hair.
Dmytro needs to be put on the next plane to Kyiv.
The average age of a Ukraine soldier is 43.
Ukraine’s young men of fighting age have said nyet to the defense of their homeland but Trudeau continues to dump billions on Zelensky who more and more seems bent on prolonging the war beyond reason.
Much as I wish to continue my support for Ukraine there is a clear need for sober review.
Though to be honest I would not fight with Trudeau as PM.
It is Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who shouts
“Slava Ukraini!”
While at the peace Summit for Ukraine pic.twitter.com/5KIYMVcDfE— sonofabench (@therealmrbench) June 15, 2024
