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In addition to important political figures, this ceremony brought together active and retired military personnel and senior officials from National Defence, including Colonel Dany Fortin, Commander of the 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group; Colonel Hercule Gosselin, Commander of the 2nd Canadian Division Support Group, who had very good things to say about the work being done by senators in this chamber; and Brigadier-General Jean-Marc Lanthier, Commander of the 2nd Canadian Division, formerly known as the Land Force Quebec Area.

We do events with, say, economists from other countries who talk about what is the economic situation overall, political analysts who talk about the political situation overall, and maybe ministers or other high- level figures from other countries who talk about the political environment.

Visiting foreign dignitaries often wonder how it is that this country is so successful when it comes to multiculturalism.

50. Condemns the severe repression carried out by the regime of Belarusian President Lukashenko against members of the opposition, journalists and representatives of civil society following the presidential elections of 19 December 2010 and calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained and for them to be cleared of all charges; welcomes the decision of the Council of 31 January 2011 to impose a visa ban and to freeze financial assets of 157 selected Belarusian officials; takes the position that sanctions against the Belarusian government officials should remain in force until all political prisoners are released f ...[+++]rom Belarusian prisons; welcomes the outcome of the International Conference of Donors on ‘Solidarity with Belarus’ of 2 February 2011, as part of which the EU has pledged EUR 17.3 million for actions to support civil society, in particular students and the independent media; takes the view that the Commission should enhance people-to-people contacts between the EU and Belarus; encourages those Member States which have not yet done so to take unilateral steps to facilitate the issuance and to reduce the price of short-term visas, in particular Schengen visas, since they are most relevant to the wider society, students and other young people; stresses the importance of ensuring that Belarus does not become isolated, in particular from the existing regional frameworks;