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Someone with knowledge on this subject needs to split this article into sections and add headings. Hiebert 20:07, 22 May 2006 (UTC) I'm old enough to remember Gary Filmon appearing on local Winnipeg TV programming at or before he became Premier of Manitoba. Mr. Filmon stated he was Polish on both sides of his family (I was shocked that supposedly his mother was Ukrainian; I wonder if his mother was a Polish ethnic from what is now Ukraine whose families were displaced to Poland after WW II because of being Polish, like so many Eastern Galician Poles that settled in Western Canada}. Mr Filmon stated his parents attended a Polish Roman Catholic church in Winnipeg (Holy Ghost (Swienty Ducha). Gary said has Dad was a patriotic Pole, and Gary Filmon's favourite book was "Kane and Abel" because of his pride in his Polish heritage. Abel in the book was a Polish-American who was descended from a Polish baron. Incidentaly Gary's father held the position of secretary in a local Winnipeg Polish organization. Gary's father like so many staunch patriotic Poles resided outside of mainstream Poland, in fact he was part of the Polish ethnic community of Romania. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.200.39.230 (talk) 14:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Filmon Polish ancestry

Gary Filmon stated he was Polish on both sides of his family on local Winnipeg television; as a ethnic Pole who watched this admission on Cable Winnipeg TV, who like Gary was of Polish ethnic blood whose family was outside of the mainstream Polish ethnic group, I appreciated his honest admission as the Ukrainian ethnic group was as 21/2 times as large as the Polish! As an ethnic Pole whose family lived in what is present day Ukraine, Gary Filmon represented all ethnic Poles who happened to live outside of supposed Polish territory. Gary Filmon was a proud Polish Canadian! What was his supposed mother's Ukrainian name? Gary said on recorded TV, BOTH SIDES OF HIS FAMILY WERE OF POLISH DESCENT! With 40,000 Polish Manitobians as opposed to over 100,000 Ukrainian Manitobians, I as a Polish-Canadian can see why he didn't object to any affiliation to maternal Ukrainian ethnic group. But as a person of both side Polish Rom an Catholic descent in what is present day Ukraine, I realized Gary Filmon was of Polish descent on both his fathers and mothers side! My Szlachti Polish Dad was the descendant of the Polish elite in present day Ukraine who were displayed by Joseph Stalin in WW11" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.200.39.33 (talk) 03:57, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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