向加拿大郵政提交請願書，要求發行馬偕紀念郵票

我能做什麼 ?

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社團，教會，等能做什麼?

請使用有貴組織抬頭的信紙,寫信給加拿大郵政，要求他們在 2022 年 3 月 9 日,馬偕
抵達淡水之日,也就是加拿大第一次與亞接觸的 150 週年,發行馬偕郵票。

郵寄地址:

Chair of the Stamp Advisory Committee,
Canada Post, 2701 Riverside Drive，Suite N1070，Ottawa K1A 0B1

這封信應該寫什麼？

（1）您的組織支持 Canadian Mackay Committee (加拿大馬偕委員會)的要求，
於 2022 年 3 月 9 日發行紀念馬偕的郵票。

（2）您組織的宗旨或工作。

（3）您支持此請願的理由，Mackay 對您的會員的重要性。

信函應簡短-不要超過一頁，(包括地址和簽名)。信中不需重複馬偕的事蹟，我們已
經在申請書中提出，請簡要說明您為什麼支持 2022 年的馬偕紀念郵票即可。

*請寄副本給我們 -或可用 e-mail <canadianmackay@gmail.com>

August 5, 2020

The Honourable Francois-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Global Affairs Canada
125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G2

Dear Minister Champagne,

I am writing to express my dismay at the mean-spirited message of condolence which is posted on the Facebook
page of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, on the passing of former President Lee Teng-hui.

We appreciate the gesture and the affirmation of our common democratic values made in this statement.
But many Taiwanese Canadians feel hurt that our government could not bring itself to call him by his proper title,
“former President”, or honour him as the father of the multicultural democracy which is Taiwan today.

Instead the message mentions Taiwan’s economic growth under his leadership. This of course is a fact, but it is
not the reason that President Lee is today almost universally revered among Taiwanese people of all political
stripes as the father of modern Taiwan.

We appeal to you to issue another brief message of condolence in your own name. Even if you cannot bring
yourself to say “President” Lee, you might at least call him Lee Teng-hui the father of Taiwan’s democracy.

Many Taiwanese Canadians will deeply appreciate this simple act of decency.

Thanking you for our attention to this matter,