Celebrating New Beginnings in Canada

Canada marked its 142nd birthday yesterday and The Epoch Times spoke with immigrant Canadians who came to Parliament Hill to join the festivities.
Celebrating New Beginnings in Canada
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POMP AND CEREMONY: Governor General Michäelle Jean, her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond, and daughter Marie-Éden arrive on Parliament Hill on Canada Day, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in the traditional horse-drawn carriage for the Queen's representative. (Stella Liu/The Epoch Time)

OTTAWA—Canada marked its 142nd birthday yesterday and The Epoch Times mingled with the crowd that gathered for the festivities on Parliament Hill in Ottawa looking for people who left their country of birth and crossed the world to come here.

We wanted to know why they came and if their new home was what they had hoped.

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