Angela Hall Regina Leader-Post April 30, 2008 http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=f95c15c4-a118-4da1-a0e3-741dc5023632 The province of Saskatchewan will consider designating the fourth Saturday of November as a day to remember the Ukrainian famine-genocide of the 1930s, Premier Brad Wall said. Wall told reporters he thinks the government could "move quite quickly" in the fall on legislation that would recognize the millions of Ukrainian people who died as a result of the forced starvation imposed by the Soviet Communist regime in 1932-33. Wall's comments followed a ceremony outside the Legislative Building on Tuesday, which honoured those who died in the Ukrainian famine-genocide, or the Holodomor. Survivor Stefan Horlatsch, who lost 11 members of his family, brought to Regina a remembrance flame that has been travelling the globe to raise awareness. "We in Saskatchewan as much as anywhere on the planet understand the amazing gift that the world was deprived of because of this famine and genocide, for we have been such significant benefactors of that gift, the gift of Ukrainian value and tradition and contribution," Wall said in a speech. "Those values are poured into the DNA of this province." Ed Lysyk, president of the Saskatchewan branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, said having a designated day to remember the famine is an important step to ensuring it is not forgotten. He noted Manitoba has introduced a bill to proclaim the fourth Saturday of November in each year as "Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day," and he said Ontario is considering doing the same. "We would like some leadership to be shown in Saskatchewan as well for that." Lysyk said he hopes the congress can also have discussions with provincial education officials to put more information about the famine into school classrooms. "We want to work with them to improve this information, make sure that it really does provide the basic facts and we've offered our assistance," Lysyk said. Education Minister Ken Krawetz, who also attended Tuesday's ceremony, told reporters that ministry officials are already looking into providing more information to social studies teachers so they have it on hand in their classes. "There has been some discussion already with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress about what might happen regarding the curriculum and ensuring that people understand, people in Saskatchewan understand that this manmade atrocity did occur," Krawetz said.