This First Person column is the experience of Tanya Pacholok who is a third-generation Ukrainian Canadian. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
I was at Vancouver’s solidarity rally with Ukraine when I realized there was another protest a few blocks down.
Both groups claimed they were fighting for freedom, but I was struck by how different their understandings were of that word. At the other protest, two women carried Canadian flags on hockey sticks and a man waited at a hot dog stand with a sign that read “NO MEDICAL TYRANNY!!” This was clearly part
