In this installment of SecondStreet.org’s “Survivors of Socialism” series, we sat down with Lynn Hu – a Toronto resident who came to Canada from China in 2004.

SecondStreet.org sat down with Marco Navarro-Genié who came to Canada from Nicaragua and saw the devastating affects of socialism in his home country.

Viorica Robinson describes her escape from Romania while it was under the former USSR and what it was like living in the former regime.

SecondStreet.org sat down with Boris Rassin to find out what life was like growing up in Latvia while it was under the control of the USSR.

Aime Despaigne, a Toronto resident who came to Canada from Cuba, describes her experiences growing up under a communist regime.

SecondStreet.org sat down with Sharon Kilkenny – a patient who faced a 93 week waiting list for hip surgery while she lived in chronic pain.