Canada: The Canadian Van Tour Arrives at White Rock, British Columbia (Photos)

By a practitioner from Vancouver

(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of August 31, 2006, a several Falun Gong practitioners from Vancouver went to White Rock, calling upon citizens and the government to pay attention to the organ harvesting in China. This is one of the activities that the Canadian Falun Gong Practitioners Van Tour has held since July.

The mayor visits practitioners.

Jean Stack, a citizen of White Rock, learned the news from the media and came to meet practitioners.

Demonstration of the exercises in front of City Hall

The mayor of White Rock came to talk to practitioners in the early morning. She greeted them in Chinese. The mayor said that the organ harvesting and the persecution of Falun Gong should not be happening and that everybody has the right to express his or her belief. The mayor said that when she learned last week that Falun Gong practitioners were coming to White Rock, she told the government officers about it. She issued the permit to practitioners so that they could do the exercises in front of the city hall and agreed to meet with practitioners to get more information.

Jean Stack, a citizen in White Rock, learned from the local newspaper, Peach Arch News, that Falun Gong practitioners were coming to White Rock, so she went to City Hall to meet with them in the early morning. She and her friends wanted to know how to help practitioners. She signed her name on the petition. Practitioners gave her a copy of the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and the report of the investigation into organ harvesting. She said that she would share this information with her friends and family.

Tammy Evans, a citizen of White Rock, was very glad to meet practitioners. Her son-in-law is from Hong Kong, and he is very concerned about the situation of Falun Gong practitioners. Ms. Evans used to work for the government, and she cares about human rights issues, too. She took a copy of the report of the investigation into organ harvesting. She said that she would let more people know about it.

After the signature collection and exercise demonstration in front of the city hall, most practitioners went to the shopping mall to pass out flyers. Four practitioners went to see the federal and provincial congressmen.

Goron Hogg, the congressman from British Columbia, was out of town, but his assistant, Verna, talked to practitioners for an hour. She learned the truth of Falun Gong in detail. She was surprised when she learned that the Chinese Communist Party harvests organs from living Falun Gong practitioners for profit and that some citizens from British Columbia have gone to China for organ transplants. She told practitioners that she would pass the information to Congressman Hogg and arrange a meeting with the congressman in September.

At noon, practitioners went to Peace Arch News to deliver some truth-clarifying materials and thanked the newspaper for reporting their activity. The reporter from the newspaper said that he would take some photos and write another report.

In the afternoon, practitioners returned to City Hall and talked to the mayor for an hour. The mayor learned detailed information about the persecution. She said that she would bring up practitioners’ request about the resolution to condemn the CCP’s harvesting of organs to the city council in September, and she would suggest that the city council issue a proclamation for Falun Gong. She signed her name on the letter to Prime Minister Harper. She said that she would write her own letter to the prime minister.

The mayor invited practitioners to take a photo in front of the city hall. She also gave a set of photos of White Rock to each practitioner. She said that she loves Chinese culture and she celebrates Chinese New Year every year. She invited practitioners to attend her Chinese New Year party next year. She hugged the practitioners and encouraged them to keep on.

Practitioners collected many signatures in a few hours. They passed out all the materials. Many kind people from White Rock were shocked by the CCP’s brutality.

Practitioners submitted the petition and other materials to Congressman Russ Hiebert. The congressman’s assistant accepted them and took notes on the practitioners’ request. He agreed to arrange a meeting with the congressman in September.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/9/2/136897.html

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