Mr. Taylor Sol told The Epoch Times a day earlier that members of the group “question Canada’s foreign policy towards Cuba.”
“We point [to] the contradiction of propping up the same regime that’s sending military support to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin as we speak,” he said, referring to a letter he wrote to Ms. Freeland on behalf of the group.
“So, Canada is propping up a regime which in turn supports a Canadian-sanctioned regime.”
In a follow-up email to The Epoch Times the day after the event, Mr. Taylor Sol said his group did not manage to hand the letter personally to someone at Ms. Freeland’s office, as “nobody seemed to be inside,” so they slid it through the mail slot on the door.
On Sept. 14, 2023, first, Cuba’s ambassador in Moscow said his government did not oppose its citizens’ legal participation in the Russia-Ukraine war. Then, hours later, Cuba’s foreign minister said Cuba rejects its citizens’ participation as mercenaries in war.
‘Sanction the Cuban Regime’
Mr. Taylor Sol’s letter, viewed by The Epoch Times, says Ottawa has been “propping up” the Cuban regime for decades despite multiple attempts by Cuban-Canadians urging it to stop.“For 65 long years, several generations of exiles have unsuccessfully questioned the status quo of Canada’s foreign policy towards Cuba, which in a nutshell can be described as utter indifference vis a vis the population, while pretending to be one of ‘constructive engagement,’” the letter said.
“That has been the case regardless of which party holds power,” it added.
“They’re [a] very considerable foe for the United States and the Western Hemisphere,” he told the host at the time.
The letter by the Cuban Canadians’ group urges Ms. Freeland to cut all possible means of support to Russia through Cuba.
“[G]iven your Ukrainian background and clear commitment to supporting Ukraine against Putin’s imperialism, we now request, for Ukrainians’ sake, to stop backing Putin through his Caribbean proxy,” it said.
“For sanctions against Putin’s regime to be coherent, you must as well sanction the Cuban regime.”
The Epoch Times reached out to Ms. Freeland’s office for comment and confirmation that the letter has been received, but did not immediately hear back.