Cities across Canada are celebrating the 31st anniversary of World Falun Dafa Day, which falls on May 13, and the spiritual practice’s moral principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance with flag-raising ceremonies and the illumination of local landmarks.
Many of the events were attended by local politicians and other VIPs.
“Falun Dafa is good, Falun Dafa hao,” Conservative MP John Brassard for Barrie–Innisfil, said at a flag-raising ceremony in Barrie on May 13.
“This year in particular brings up even more importance to ‘truthfulness to compassion, and tolerance.’ We’re seeing threats in this country as a result of the Beijing communist regime. You know, people come to this country to escape persecution, they come here for religious freedom, they come here to be able to live their lives and to provide opportunity for their family. And so we have to remain diligent to those threats that we’re seeing in this country,” he said….