London, Ont. surplus store contributing to front-line efforts in Ukraine
restrictions on the supply system, the inventory wasn’t easy to find. We had to convince two national camping suppliers to clear out a lot of their stock right before the start of the recreational camping season,” Hodges said.The store says it has also supplied cases of ready-to-eat field rations to Canadian customers who plan to ship them overseas.
“It feels great to know that even though I work at a small business, we have had an impact on a global scale…. It feels great when you are able to help out in this way. It kind of feels like if you are putting your thumb on one side of the scale of justice.”Canadians and Londoners have been stepping up over the last month to help those impacted by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
According to the United Nations, more than 4.2 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the war in late February, with more than 2.4 million crossing into neighbouring Poland.The federal government says it has received more than 91,000 temporary resident visa applications from Ukrainian nationals and their family members, with 14,500 applications approved as of March 30.
Nearly 12,000 Ukrainian citizens, along with returning Canadian permanent residents of Ukrainian origin, have arrived in Canada as of March 27, according to the federal government.How far are world leaders willing to go to punish Russia?
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