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House Hansard - 118

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 26, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 118 - Oct/26/22
Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC)
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Mr. Speaker, after a hiatus of two years, the national Diwali celebration is returning to Parliament Hill today. With the support of our Indo-Canadian friends, community organizations and mandirs from across the country, tonight at 6:30 p.m. I will be delighted to host the 22nd national Diwali celebration at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. I hope all my colleagues will join us. The Diwali celebration on Parliament Hill was started by our dear friend the late Hon. Deepak Obhrai. With this inaugural event, Canada became the first western democracy to celebrate Diwali in Parliament, in 1998. We continue this tradition by joining hands across political boundaries to light the Diwali lamp, a gesture that symbolizes the banishment of darkness and the ushering in of light, peace and hope. Let the national Diwali celebration be a truly Canadian tradition where South Asian and Indo-Canadians join hands with the rest of Canada to share the message of Diwali: Let there be light. Happy Diwali, everyone.
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