(Clearwisdom.net) Clearwisdom.net Correspondent Xiao Yan reports from
Montreal ¨C On June 20, 2004, Canada Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference
was held in Montreal, the second largest city in Canada. About 1,500 Falun Gong
practitioners from Canada, the U.S. and Europe came to attend the conference.
Benevolent Master sent a congratulatory letter to the conference,
"Through Dafa disciples' constant efforts over the last several years, and
through your clarifying the truth, the world's people have become more and more
clearheaded." Master also told us, "While validating the Fa and
putting into action how Dafa disciples should cultivate, you still have some
shortcomings. Fully utilize the good things you've learned and strengthen your
righteous thoughts, and doing so will allow you to do even better with Dafa
disciples' things."
The conference was held in the Hilton Hotel in downtown Montreal. Because
French is the major language used in Montreal, three masters of ceremony
announced the beginning of the conference in English, French and Chinese
respectively. More than 20 practitioners from Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and
Edmonton shared their experiences.
The first speaker, Noah Chartieris, is a staff member in a private Catholic
middle school in Montreal. He shared his experience in constantly explaining to
students and teachers in his school that Falun Gong teaches the principles of
Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance. He also introduced the brutal persecution of
Falun Gong practitioners in China and asked the students and teachers to sign
postcards to help rescue family members of Canadians persecuted in China. He obtained support from many of the students and teachers. He
also teaches students the Falun Gong exercises. Currently, students come to
learn the exercises after classes once a week.
Noah also talked about his experience visiting Mexico. In the central
university of the City of Guadalajara, when a lady obtained copies of the books Zhuan
Falun and Falun Gong, she said, "This is the blessing from
God." Before that, she thought about committing suicide, but now she found
these elegant exercises and a new hope.
Many attendees are Montreal residents. Other practitioners also shared their
experiences over the past few years in clarifying to people from all walks of
life how Falun Gong is slandered and persecuted in China. Ms. Zhang Liandi from
Toronto is already in her 70s. Ms. Zhang and other fellow practitioners have
continuously held peaceful appeals in front of the Chinese Consulate in Toronto
24 hours a day for nearly three years. She talked about the support they
obtained from residents around the Consulate and even some staff members from
the Consulate also expressed their friendly understandings.
