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Libya wants Canada to help craft a world-class health care system in the North African Country.
"We are asking to transfer the health system to Libya, an expertise in managing the system," said Sal Elgheriani, chair of the Canadian Libyan Council. "Libya has all of the funds, has all the resources to build such a system."
He says Libya has a surplus of doctors, but lacks infrastructure and organization.
Elgheriani and his Libyan-Canadian compatriots held a press conference with Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae on Parliament Hill Thursday, saying the turbulent country is looking for serious investment from Canadian companies ? and they will remember who their friends are.
"We won our freedom thanks to the assistance of the Canadian Forces and the Americans and the British and the French," said Elgheriani, his voice emotional. "We sacrificed 50,000 lives out of five million people to gain this freedom. We are extremely proud of what we achieved. We are very happy with Canada. "
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada's Armed Forces has been punching above its weight class with NATO allies during the months-long effort to oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
CF-18 fighter jets provided air cover for rebel forces as they stormed major cities and toppled the decades-long regime. French and British also did much of the heavy lifting.
The Libyan National Transitional Council urgently wants the release of $3.5 billion in frozen assets held in Canada. The money is held under a United Nations sanction against Gadhafi.
The U.S. and Great Britain asked the UN for permission to release some of the money, but Canada hasn't yet.
"I don't know why Canada would be delaying or waiting on its request to the United Nations and we are asking today that that be done as quickly as possible," said Rae.
Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/01/libya-wants-canada-to-invest
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