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Event - 1982-07-26

Date: 
Monday, 1982, July 26
Location: 

Hazar Imam gave a speech at the foundation ceremony of Burnaby Jamat Khana, Vancouver. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada also attended the ceremony.

person_place_reference: 
H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV


Speech

FOUNDATION CEREMONY OF THE ISMAILI JAMAT KHANA, BURNARY(B.C.) - 1982-07-26

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Your Excellency,The Honourable Senator Perrault,
The Honourable Mrs. Grace McCarthy,
Deputy Premier of British Columbia,
Your worship The Mayor of Burnaby,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen:

Today is a particularly significant and, indeed, happy occasion for the Ismaili Community in Canada and for my wife and for me.

I am most grateful to, Your Exelency, the Lieutenant Governor, for honouring us with Your presence and for performing the Foundation Ceremony of the Burnaby Jamat Khana.

Speech by H.H. The Aga Khan at the luncheon at Vancouver Hotel during the foundation of the Burnaby Jamat Khana 1982-07-26

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Source: 
Calgary Crescent (Chandraat publication) by Ismailia Assoc for Canada

July 26, 1982
SPEECH BY HAZAR IMAM IN VANCOUVER

Your Honour,
The Honorable Senator Perrault,
The Honorable Mrs. Grace McCarthy,
Deputy Premier of British Columbia,
His Worship, The Mayor of Vancouver,
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,
One of the advantages of coming at the end of a long list of speakers is that everybody wants you to stop speaking.

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FOUNDATION CEREMONY OF THE ISMAILI JAMAT KHANA, BURNARY(B.C.) - 1982-07-26

opening-of-ic-burnaby.jpg

Your Excellency,The Honourable Senator Perrault,
The Honourable Mrs. Grace McCarthy,
Deputy Premier of British Columbia,
Your worship The Mayor of Burnaby,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen:

Today is a particularly significant and, indeed, happy occasion for the Ismaili Community in Canada and for my wife and for me.

I am most grateful to, Your Exelency, the Lieutenant Governor, for honouring us with Your presence and for performing the Foundation Ceremony of the Burnaby Jamat Khana.

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