RIP Joe Schlesinger
One of the "Kindertransport" children who escape the Holocaust, and then forced to escape Czechoslovakia in 1950, Schlesinger would go on to become one of the (if not the) foremost Canadian news correspondents. He reported on- amongst other stories - the Cultural Revolution, the Iranian revolution (from inside Iran but not confined to Tehran), the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War, the Velvet Revolution, the Challenger disaster, and (his final story) the controversy over Hillary Clinton's health problems during the 2016 election.
One of the "Kindertransport" children who escape the Holocaust, and then forced to escape Czechoslovakia in 1950, Schlesinger would go on to become one of the (if not the) foremost Canadian news correspondents. He reported on- amongst other stories - the Cultural Revolution, the Iranian revolution (from inside Iran but not confined to Tehran), the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War, the Velvet Revolution, the Challenger disaster, and (his final story) the controversy over Hillary Clinton's health problems during the 2016 election.
Quote:A little less than a year prior to that, in December 2015, he explored a subject near to his heart: the plight of refugees, specifically those fleeing the Syrian conflict and seeking sanctuary in Canada.
In the piece, Schlesinger acknowledged that amid fears of high unemployment and the risks of terrorism, many Canadians had reservations about welcoming this crop of refugees.
But as someone who had been a refugee himself, and met many more during his decades-long career as a journalist, Schlesinger advised Canadians to be compassionate.
"This country was built and changed for the better by refugees," he wrote.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown