During Canada's first national internment operations of 1914-1920 thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans were branded as 'enemy aliens' not because of any wrong they had done but only because of who they were. The internee cemetery found at La Ferme, Quebec has 16 people, most of whom were Ukrainians and included both adults and children. The cemetery, now in private hands, has been allowed to decay and will soon be lost to the boreal forest forever. Many of the internees were rounded up from St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic parish, in Montreal. In an effort to prevent this national historic site from disappearing, a direct appeal was recently launched to the Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Heritage as only the intervention of the Minister of Canadian Heritage can ensure this site be recognized and preserved. I was fortunate in 1995, along with other Canadian youth of Ukrainian heritage, to witness the unveiling of the statue created in commemoration of the Castle Mountain Internment Camp in Banff National Park. The statue is simply entitled 'Why' in three languages. This was the question we asked ourselves as we came upon rusted remnants of the barbed wire which enclosed this internment camp. Please sign this petition!