Sikh MP Tim Uppal says there is ‘so much we can learn’ from the Holocaust

Interesting profile on Uppal’s interest and connection to Holocaust awareness and remembrance, and says something about Canadian multiculturalism to have a Sikh Canadian lead the Canadian delegation:

Holocaust remembrance is not a faith-based cause, Mr. Uppal said.

“I was doing something as a Canadian, this is something that affects us all,” he said.

“It wasn’t because of anything of my own faith, but this is something that I felt was important to us all as Canadians.”

‘This is something that affects us all’

Mr. Uppal has become a fixture on the Jewish community lecture circuit, addressing crowds ranging from the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee to groups of teens about to depart on March of the Living trips.

He said he hopes to one day expose his own children, now six, four and two, to the story of what happened to the 11 million people who fell victim to the Nazi government’s racist policies.

“It’s so important that we pass on this history to future generations,” he said.

For Mr. Uppal, the issue of racism also hits closer to home.

Sikh MP Tim Uppal says there is ‘so much we can learn’ from the Holocaust