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Jobs: Going, going . . .
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                 The London area\'s unemployment rate edged up to 6.8% last month, second-highest among major cities in Ontario.[/COLOR]4 Z8 L  O$ h' E# ~1 c
                        By [EMAIL=\"hdaniszewski@lfpress.com\"]HANK DANISZEWSKI[/EMAIL], SUN MEDIA
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! D5 M9 P8 V/ M* k& ]" lFederal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty blames manufacturing job losses on provincial corporate taxes. (CP file photo)
, S  o- l" t6 r7 y/ j& _[/COLOR]</td></tr> </tbody></table>      It\'s a sign of these strange economic times -- London\'s 3M plant has announced layoffs for the first time in a decade.     5 n# b/ J% n$ H- [& Y: J/ J
CAW plant chairperson Randy Mason said only eight workers are affected so far, but it\'s still disturbing.     
' J+ \2 R# ^* M8 G \"It\'s not normal around here and I don\'t know if they\'re done yet,\" said Mason.     , T1 i4 S; P9 l" r3 y# r
The London area unemployment rate edged up to 6.8 per cent last month, the second-highest among major cities in Ontario. Only Windsor fared worse. By contrast, across Canada the economy added 43,000 new jobs in February and the unemployment rate held steady at a 33-year low of 5.8 per cent.
) [8 O6 A( y- |9 i# S" V; `0 b1 [ Ontario\'s jobless rate fell to 6.1 per cent, from 6.3 per cent in January.     
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London was one of several Ontario cities feeling the deep slump in the manufacturing and auto sector. Windsor leads, stuck at 8.7 per cent unemployment. Oshawa\'s rate jumped from 5.7 per cent to 6.3 per cent last month and the St. Catharines rate was up slightly to 6.3 per cent. <table align=\"right\" width=\"1\"><tbody><tr><td><script type=\"text/javascript\">      fctAdTag(\"bigbox\",MyGenericTagVar,1); </script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/can.en.smc.londonfreepress/news;subz1=news_local;tile=1;sz=300x250;dcopt=ist;pos=1;hp=0;ord=8685046911?\"></script><!-- Template Id = 1 Template Name = Banner Creative (Flash) --> <!-- Copyright 2002 DoubleClick Inc., All rights reserved. --><script src=\"http://m1.2mdn.net/879366/flashwrite_1_2.js\"></script> <object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"FLASH_AD\" height=\"250\" width=\"300\">9 q, v9 G# d: Z) D9 b" d% i
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Tim Carrie, president of Canadian Auto Workers Local 27, said London\'s unemployment rate was bad news but not unexpected.     
' l6 }5 T+ ~4 S) e \"Manufacturing is the engine of our economy, but If we continue to lose market share in the auto industry, the job losses will spread,\" he said. ' t5 o1 V, D1 J9 l' u; ]  y
Unemployment was up in the London area even though the labour force shrank by 500 last month to 261,500, a trend that was seen across southwestern Ontario, said Mary Anne Fox of Service Canada. The job losses were concentrated in males over 25.
, X, P: P  b: j4 _, R) Q Carrie said the federal government is turning its back on this region. He said the provincial government is offering targeted help to the manufacturing sector -- a contrast to the broad corporate tax breaks offered by federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
6 P. w6 _+ o$ U8 r% @ Flaherty was speaking in London yesterday and blamed manufacturing job losses on provincial corporate taxes, which he says are the highest in Canada. # J8 W9 V  Q3 }( L% U$ q
\"It discourages investment in my home province and I\'m not going to be quiet about it,\" said Flaherty.     
, r6 W: I7 F# Y6 Z5 d2 }6 y Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has challenged Flaherty, saying recently the provincial income tax rate of 14 per cent is about average among provinces.
% [9 K: T! U6 x( h, n. _- _ Peter White, CEO of the London Economic Development Corporation said the high-flying Canadian dollar continues to put pressure on manufacturers. / ]3 j( L$ A$ a) G. s6 F- }
\"As soon as the loonie goes above par, that\'s when the US head offices start looking at costs,\" he said.     
/ x! G+ v+ C- g& u  @ White said London has held fairly steady in manufacturing jobs compared to other communities.

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And London\'s job numbers should improve in the coming months with the expansion of Diamond Aircraft this year and the opening of the new Hanwha manufacturing and Original Cakerie plants next spring, he added.
7 ]; Z8 D0 N; a, ]8 d6 hWhite said the startup of the new Toyota assembly plant in Woodstock will also draw workers who will commute from the London area. . A5 S3 t3 t' u  B
But workers who have been displaced are struggling and discouraged said Fernando DeMelo, co-ordinator of a job centre for workers laid off by Siemens.
, u/ `) f8 }) }; L  W; N7 }- }+ YJust over half of the displaced workers have found jobs since the centre opened last July, said DeMelo. And many of those who have found new employment had to settle for much lower wages and benefits, compared with making about $19 an hour at Siemens.
( K% L) Y+ |- S* v) }\"One of main jobs here is keeping their morale up. Some of them have been at Siemens for 20 years and they are depressed,\" he said. ( X8 i/ ^5 M$ \# Q) ~: K* o5 I4 S  I
Across Canada there were 24,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in February, bringing job losses in the sector to 106,000 over the last 12 months. 1 W7 x8 F! a$ l2 |9 M  j2 \
Manufacturing jobs now represent 11.6 per cent of all employment, down from the 15 per cent share the sector held as recently as 2002.
0 c- n6 [" \8 f; ^  X/ L4 R# QThe job gains were in full-time, private-sector jobs and were concentrated in Ontario, Statistics Canada reported yesterday.     - Z' e+ H: ?- X; m5 v
The proportion of Canadian adults holding jobs rose to a record 63.9 per cent, as the economy has added 361,000 jobs over the past 12 months. 7 I5 F9 S1 D6 P% b
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Canada 5.8 (5.8)     
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  Y/ `0 j3 \# g- G4 c! h1 E Halifax 4.4 (4.5)     ) q3 q" t# R* \) `2 k
Saint John, N.B. 5.0 (4.6)     
6 K, ~0 Q% l% }& D7 B Quebec 4.9 (5.2)     # g8 t% o& Q8 N+ z
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4 a6 n) D' M, s5 Q4 w: l Kingston 5.4 (5.2)     
/ Y9 U/ C0 Y3 B. F. U Toronto 6.5 (6.7)     + ~+ \* x% l: k6 f
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* w8 r. {  i& n3 @; t8 F- | Calgary 2.8 (2.9)     % w: {) d0 B+ ?1 U: r" g( Q
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When the euphoria of safety fades
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7 z5 P) J. p$ F! s9 |                     Services are lacking for a victim of cannibalism.[/COLOR]
+ j/ E$ p7 {+ @7 K& J4 C                                By [EMAIL=\"obrien@lfpress.com\"]JENNIFER O\'BRIEN[/EMAIL], SUN MEDIA
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* T8 ?9 U$ b& T( O0 M2 e</td></tr></tbody></table>  A fuzzy alligator at the front door, teddy bears on a shelf. More than 40 stuffed animals crowd couches, chairs -- every surface in the living room of Chantal Hadija Lomoyo\'s London apartment.
  o+ ~) e; v/ h+ t The heat is cranked, as is the television, which blasts African Christian videos into this cheerful chaos. Amid Dollarama wall decor that includes a plastic fish, silk flowers and a G.I. Joe doll, the overabundance of used unlit Christmas tree lights somehow fit in here.
: R! {6 T& H5 t3 a/ T1 t% [3 c \"She won\'t take it down,\"says Ally Mbirize, Hadija Lomoyo\'s roommate, grinning as he gestures to holiday garland that has been hanging from the ceiling since Christmas. \"She says it makes her happy . . . so that\'s OK, that\'s no problem. The teddy bears keep her company when I am not home.\" " [4 Q5 Z3 ^; a# Z9 r7 s( S
Usually, though, he makes sure they are both home at the same time.
, o1 h- _8 H" C+ [, r A year after she arrived in Canada, a refugee who had been tortured by warriors in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hadija Lomoyo still doesn\'t like to be alone. 1 e; y, T/ g- @9 D: _3 V2 d* q
When she is alone, she thinks too much.
: F6 G& V1 g5 G! ]& h The first things you notice about 22-year-old Hadija Lomoyo are physical. She is usually done up, chunky gold jewelry, vibrant makeup, blond, braided extensions. + K. B2 Y0 K* a; ?1 e3 H* |# O0 x
She uses a cane to compensate for her paralysed right leg. The visible scars she suffers -- a trough-like indentation that runs up the top of her leg, a missing kneecap and a deformed foot that barely gets into her used winter boots -- are obvious.
5 `* G- a2 _% a- d, [6 o) Y/ h But like many refugees who have survived torture and war, her physical injuries are nothing compared to the mental torture Hadija Lomoyo deals with five years after the horrifying incident that will haunt her forever. 4 [) A* y0 Q- n6 N: U6 F0 z0 ~
She was a 17-year-old nursing student in 2002, near the end of Congo\'s brutal five-year-war, when she was  
/ ~- `, I4 j( O& s4 m kidnapped with a peer during a raid. The warriors, she says, used some of the terrifying tactics that have been  
% Y0 M$ I/ I2 n5 b$ N. x$ E% e documented by Human Rights Watch during the war. The men killed her friend first, she says, and ate the teen\'s raw flesh. Then they turned to Hadija Lomoyo, intending to do the same. The angry men cut into her, ate her flesh in front of her eyes, but spit it out, saying she didn\'t taste right.
) g) q3 ~* Z) H5 V  y7 D They left her to die, and part of her did. ' a6 Q. J) Y* J9 R) t
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Exactly one year ago, Hadija Lomoyo arrived in Canada with her then-husband, a man who helped take care of her after she was attacked by thugs while living in a Ugandan slum.
; N: d$ J; Q  w! H: v) ? They were sponsored by a church in Chatham through the federal government\'s Joint Assistance Program, meant especially for refugees with special needs. Through the program, a private sponsor helps the newcomers with living arrangements and local needs, while the government helps financially.

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People who come in through the program are sponsored for two years, rather than the one-year of funding provided most government-assisted refugees.
. n# d0 c8 L+ q! E  E  Excited parishioners at Chatham\'s Christ Church welcomed Hadija Lomoyo and her husband with a furnished apartment, home cooked meals and rides wherever they needed. They knew Hadija Lomoyo had some \"mobility issues,\" says Rector Paul Millward.
+ i' i9 `9 H# Y: _. H  \"We could do the physical things. We had an apartment and filled it with furniture, lined up (English as a Second Language) classes and people to give help with transportation, and people to have them for dinners. There was a team of people to help them in terms of laundry and shopping. That stuff is easy to arrange.\" 4 ]4 u  X7 x9 \
  After a few weeks, despite the help, the euphoria began to wear off for Hadija Lomoyo, who felt isolated in a city where she could find few people to speak her native Swahili or Lingala, and no one from Congo. She speaks French as well, but is uncomfortable using it. / W1 I8 a; W( O6 R
  The couple began fighting -- her needs were too much for him -- and they separated. ( i! o4 o/ k4 k8 }- o& F
  Lonely and depressed, her nightmares never stopped.  
4 N' N) u8 u' Q  They were at the point -- when the euphoria of safety fades -- when Canada\'s system often falls short for refugees to the country. + {  v5 K( Q7 F4 L
  \"These were not the types of things Christ Church was  4 L9 H2 J. z# X1 e) Q
  prepared to deal with,\" says Millward. \"It was a difficult process. I guess for us it was that we didn\'t have the whole picture. We weren\'t prepared for the ongoing treatment they would need.\"
! ?) e+ w: J' \( O0 R0 `1 x  The experience has left him wondering about ways it could be made easier.  - q. H$ r$ D% z& Q( E
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  The Cross Cultural Learner Centre in London, which helps settle 400 refugees a year, would be a better place for Hadija Lomoyo, she and health workers decided, because she needs access to medical care that includes psychiatric counselling, which is easier to find in London. And the city\'s African communities have been growing, including its Congolese community. 8 U3 t, w4 w2 d9 T
  But Hadija Lomoyo had too many mental demons to live alone. Flashbacks of the attack still tortured her. More recent memories from Uganda -- where as a refugee she was forced to beg for money and food, and where she became an easy target for thugs who beat and robbed her -- left her jumpy, suspicious.
; e5 b# b* `" ~; T1 x. k) e% K  The only answer was temporary. She stayed at the centre for months as other refugees -- people from Colombia, Afghanistan, Somalia -- came and went. Hadija Lomoyo stayed, on the edge, but cared for by her settlement counsellor and the centre\'s executive director, Mary Williamson, her \"mom in Canada.\" " a  I; `6 X8 I# u- l, L
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  \"Right now the biggest gaps we see are in our ability to offer our government-assisted refugees all the medical care they need,\" says Williamson.
% K1 {9 V- g4 C) Y; i) u/ z. t+ I, c7 H, {  But Ottawa is \"really trying to resource communities to deal with the changing profile of (government-assisted) refugees,\" she adds. \"We have to continue to advocate for more community resources particularly. This is the right time for change.\" % M- U: b" [& g7 b7 K7 w
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" k( }9 `) p) S9 y  Hadija Lomoyo is not always easy to live with. She is much, much better than she was a year ago, say those who know her.
. E# O. o, L. z8 f& ?+ x  Still, despite the antidepressants, she is often overwhelmed with sadness. She keeps her mind busy, tries to keep her life busy -- even if it means blasting Christian music through the apartment she shares with Ally Mbirize, her Muslim roommate.
5 \! W. y$ s. z' G$ o  But he smiles.
1 l. a7 j% h. f5 u2 a3 E$ l- E  \"No problem,\" he says. \"We come from the same country. People have helped me, too.\"
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In London, Hadija Lomoyo has been surrounded by advocates from the Cross Cultural Learner Centre and has been counselled through a pilot project for refugee victims of torture and war run through the association canadienne francophone l\'Ontario.
# A# X4 y5 l% T   Her dramatic tale has broken the hearts of those who work with her and has left focus groups speechless, say Gaston Mabaya, head of the local francophone association, and Perpetue Nitunga, head of Services and Support for ( g8 {7 O; O* u
   Survivors of Catastrophic Stress and/or War.
1 k% j# K& d+ _+ R& S- @) t, h; F   But Hadija Lomoyo is not alone in her mental anguish, a clear case of post-traumatic stress disorder. . G3 F$ ^$ {9 A4 Q3 Z, Y& e$ z
   Her trauma is obvious because of her physical scars, but the scars of many government-assisted refugees are not so obvious, say advocates. 8 M4 ^- ]; u' W/ }3 v0 b& V7 v! [
   The francophone association\'s project, about to wrap up its first year, aimed to attract between 30 and 60 clients. Already, the program is helping 65, Nitunga says. $ [% w( i& d2 Q. l5 D: X
   Participants receive personal and group therapy.  
5 Y! F3 y/ `! `. m   \"Some of them are living a good life, you think. It still surprises me when someone who seems established and integrated says, \'I\'ve been looking for someone to talk to,\' \" she says.
9 f0 s1 x5 i: n5 f   \"Some say they might have (post-traumatic stress disorder) from seeing family members dying. It is always in their hearts or in their heads. Others are lonely.\"
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1 s& H* t1 E5 ]9 E7 D+ |   Through its Resettlement Assistance Program, Canada accepts more than 7,000 refugees in dire need of resettlement each year -- a $44.5-million humanitarian response to suffering refugees. ! a) P' [6 v- d& U1 e
   Because of this program, Canada is regarded internationally as being one of the more compassionate countries, says Susan McGrath, head of York University\'s Centre for Refugee Studies.
; i/ _* _; N9 s   \"But in terms of providing humanitarian assistance on the ground, we are weak,\" she says. \"These people all need extended income support and housing assistance and the one-year time limit (two years for those considered to have special needs) just isn\'t adequate for people.
6 P+ q( }7 f7 p   \"Our support services on this end are not developed well enough to address these gaps and within a year (government-assisted refugees) are supposed to be independent, but they (often) end up on welfare. And our welfare funding is so inadequate that it is not a sustainable lifestyle. It is difficult.\"
3 V$ r+ I7 D+ d0 E4 e5 B) \   Outreach programs for trauma survivors must be an essential part of any compassionate resettlement program geared at people who have been through war, according to the Canadian Centre for Torture Victims in Toronto, which sees 700 new clients each year.
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6 Q) ~" S$ [! s/ Z% B  f   London has the country\'s highest refugee rate per capita, but the only official trauma counselling program is the francophone association\'s pilot project for francophones. It\'s a start, but not enough, Williamson notes. ' I$ u% {. T+ C% L8 p
   Recently, the Cross Cultural Learner Centre, along with partners, applied for funding for a project called Partners in Caring, a community response to refugee trauma.
( Q) H' @! v/ z/ H8 w( A# j  m# b   Williamson has long been an advocate for newcomers and she says she hopes such a program would also help educate the public about effects of war and political trauma. ( s# g% W% j5 Z  }4 s9 _# o
   Refugee advocates maintain that once the gaps are filled -- if government-assisted refugees receive true compassionate aid -- refugees will be able to thrive and the entire country will benefit. 1 q& I6 k' X# g4 h; i$ I9 h$ J
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! I1 l* j+ [3 k' r2 D& M   Hadija Lomoyo doesn\'t want to be on assistance forever. She wants to give back, she insists, sitting in the cotton African dress she wears for pictures.
6 h* A. N( ~7 X$ V" Y6 I   \"I would like to be a nurse one day. I know a lot about clinical,\" she says. \"Once I get my English, I will continue to train and be a nurse.\"
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   WHAT CANADA DOES
9 C$ _$ X" {: g' h   - Through Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the federal government spends $44.5 million a year on its Resettlement Assistance Program, it\'s humanitarian response to the world\'s refugee crises. - G+ M+ x' A3 G9 b0 T  `0 R
   - Each year, Canada accepts between 7,300 and 7,500 government-assisted refugees, who receive settlement services and monthly financial support for one year after they arrive.
+ n) z, j2 X+ x* j0 B& R% V   - Before 2002, those with serious medical conditions were not eligible, but a change of legislation that year opened the program to the world\'s most vulnerable refugees. Those with high medical needs are often accepted through Ottawa\'s Joint Assistance Program, and generally receive two years of financial assistance while a private organization such as a church assists. 5 n1 P" }0 @  N% F% R
   - Canada also accepts about 4,500 privately sponsored refugees each year.
, G; [5 K: @$ ]! C$ S5 e9 N" d   - London\'s Cross Cultural Learner Centre accepts and helps settle about 400 refugees a year. About 275 of them come through as government-assisted refugees.

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消息突如其来 卢树民大使將奉调回国
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, l. o8 [5 e5 M0 k3 \" d+ O) Y                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              <table style=\"float: left;\" width=\"310\"> <tbody><tr> <td>                                                                          </td> </tr> </tbody></table>                                          中国驻加拿大大使卢树民即將奉调离任。 6 f7 [# f6 q$ B. O3 Y$ ^; q
  官方称「任期届满」
7 h1 M) H6 y3 ^. f- Q8 M8 M" o! u中国驻加拿大大使馆发言人田玉震周三对本报证实,中国驻加拿大大使卢树民即將奉调离任。目前中国已经向加拿大外交部提交新的大使人选。他强调卢树民是任期届满,正常调动。由於消息来得突然,在加国华人社区引起了不小关注。
5 u5 ^9 F5 {) o% R: e  G: W6 O5 t* C玉震周三表示,外交官的任期都是有限的。卢树民大使在任已经有3年多,他的离任完全属正常调动,现时已经向加方提出新的大使人选。
2 P1 @$ d' V0 p* c/ J, _至於卢树民离开加国之后新的职位,以及新大使何时抵加交接,田玉震表示现在还没有確切消息。本报由其他渠道获知,卢树民的离任日期订在5月初。- z& o0 Q+ i1 C9 q  Y
咸认为是「加拿大通」
! }; D+ q' Z% K* L# a+ m卢树民於2005年3月中旬接替前任大使梅平抵达渥太华出任中国驻加大使。卢树民於1970年代初曾作为中国政府最早一批派遣海外的公派留学生,在加拿大留学,曾借住在现今安省省长麦坚迪家中;后在加国从事外交工作多年,被认为是中国外交系统內首屈一指的「加拿大通」。7 a$ k$ B3 r# _6 O
卢 树民近期出席的公开活动大都与中国西藏问题有关。根据中国驻加拿大大使馆官方网站,卢树民在3月中旬起陆续接受包括CTV、CBC Radio ONE、《渥太华公民报》、使馆周刊等传媒访问,就西藏拉萨等地发生严重暴力事件阐述中国立场。3月24日,卢树民分別接受了CTV时事访谈节目《麦克达 菲直接对话》(Mike Duffy Live),及加拿大广播公司《国家新闻》(CBC The National)节目的专访。
5 Q1 ]) Z5 K9 s  h3月26日,卢树民在渥太华中国驻加使馆內举行记者会,邀请包括CBC、CTV、Global TV、OMNI TV、加新社、《环球邮报》、新华社、《人民日报》及本地中文传媒在內的媒体,就西藏问题回答记者提问。8 `- z, P6 z' X! V& b
卢树民出席的最近一次公开活动,是在本月10日出席渥太华国会山庄举办的加中议会协会第三次对话会,期间他继续就中国西藏问题及台湾、达尔富尔、人权、民族区域自治等议题,与来自国会四大党的二十多位参眾两院议员对话。* I) O, [1 p; h" f+ _0 m
时事观察员文世昌说,在目前加中关係经歷困难的敏感时刻,把中国驻加大使这样重要的人物换將,除非未来把他提升或委任更重要的职位,或有甚么特別解释,否则外界可能会解读为中国希望找一个「做得更好」、更圆融处理加中关係的外交官出任大使。
5 r, w( ]% l) x, Y& R8 J1 n多伦多社区与文化中心主席钟新生表示,卢树民是一位温和而坚持原则的人,富有外交经验,英语能力强,在大是大非问题上能够坚持原则、维护中国的国家形象,並宣传中国的政策及外交路线。& ?8 y/ l: Z" S, I/ l- _
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【星星生活-星网讯】[/SIZE]<!--Insert News Main Text-->    (星星生活记者捷克佳报导)中国驻加拿大特命全权大使卢树民即将离任回国,馆方新闻发言人证实此消息属实,并指出其离任完全属于正常调动。(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]$ u' T" O" O; {: v7 {6 o. Z+ D
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中国驻加拿大大使馆新闻发言人田玉震在接受星星生活记者采访时证实卢树民大使即将离任。田玉震说,“外交官的任期都是有限的,卢大使在任已经三年多,他的离任完全属于正常调动,中方已经向加方提出新大使人选。”(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]
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% ?# {/ w- l  C, ^% r- t另有消息来源透露,已任职三年的卢树民大使此次奉调回国,另有重要任命。但卢树民大使此次调动正值中加两国关系磨擦不断之际,引发外界猜想。(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]0 j9 P; g: L/ q( }% {5 A' U8 ^3 B

$ q/ ~7 S& g0 ~6 S6 N4 V* T# v5 ^) d通常大使的任期为3至5年,前任中国驻加大使梅平的是做满5年才回国。卢树民于2005年3月17日抵达渥太华履新。3月21日,他向总督伍冰枝递交了到任国书,并表示任内将竭尽所能为中加关系的进一步发展做出自己的贡献。(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]/ A6 L) U3 \9 N. N5 e# d9 e& ^. f1 A
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卢树民大使不久前连续接受加拿大多家主流媒体采访并举行新闻吹风会,就拉萨打砸抢烧暴力事件及北京奥运会等高调表明中国政府严正立场。卢大使表示,达赖集 团有组织、有预谋、精心策划和煽动的中国境内外“藏独”势力相互勾结制造的严重暴力犯罪事件,其险恶用心就是利用当前敏感时期寻衅滋事,干扰破坏北京奥运 会,分裂祖国。卢树民指出,任何以人权为借口对中国横加指责是不负责任的,实际是干涉中国内政。中方坚决反对将奥运政治化,这有悖于奥运精神。针对西方媒 体此次对拉萨事件的报道存在严重偏见和歪曲报道的问题,卢树民希望西方媒体尊重历史和事实,真正做到客观公正报道。(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]
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( O9 u6 O0 z8 ~' r卢树民生于1950年,之前除任印尼大使外,卢树民还在驻澳大利亚和美国大使馆任秘书、参赞和公使衔参赞,以及在外交部美大司任处长、参赞和司长等职。(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]
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  l9 X: W8 F( f' b7 V' K卢树民早年曾留学加拿大。安省省长麦坚迪在2005年率安省贸易投资代表团出访中国的新闻会上表示,1973年中国派出的第一批9名留学生中就有3名寄宿住在他家中,其中一人就是中国驻加拿大大使卢树民。(newstarnet.com)[/COLOR]
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另据悉,华联会已经筹备本月28日为卢树民举办盛大欢送晚宴,地点为万锦市太古金王朝酒家。[/SIZE]</td></tr></tbody></table>
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    中国驻加拿大大使卢树民2005年3月到加履新后,于21日上午率领使馆各处参赞前往总督府,向加拿大历史上首任华裔总督伍冰枝呈递国书。(资料图片). v2 A$ v, E0 b8 O- p0 f
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9 ^1 n9 a8 J" ^; _9 l  中新网4月18日电 据加拿大《明报》报道,中国驻加拿大大使卢树民在离任返国之前,将于下24日、25日应邀出席渥太华地区与蒙特利尔地区华人华侨社团分别举办的欢送餐会;而多伦多方面的华联会亦已策划好欢送晚宴。
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5 B) b" T* w; h0 n/ O. Q9 Q4 b% [$ N  渥太华加拿大中华文化基金会主席玉玳瑜表示,渥太华地区华人社团已定于4月24日在华埠联合设宴与卢树民夫妇送行。5 w9 M) s' O6 \/ K) u# p! q

: E4 ^) X- ^) E5 W) X  他说:“卢树民上任以来一直竭力维护中加两国政府和人民多年来发展起来的友好关系,大加支持渥太华华人社区的建设和发展,在广大华人华侨社群中享有很高威信。”! F( c$ n, P. ^
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