The Ismaili
On Parliament Hill in Ottawa earlier today, Mawlana Hazar Imam and the Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney released a Joint Declaration announcing new partnerships to improve housing affordability in Canada and collaborate on economic development programming Minister Carney welcomed Hazar Imam to Canada and thanked him for his leadership and contributions to global development and governance. He also spoke of the strong ties between Canada and the Ismaili community, which stretch back more than 50 years.
“There are over 120,000 Ismailis in Canada,” said Prime Minister Carney. “They make an enormous contribution to our country, much greater than even that large number [would suggest] - building our communities, entrepreneurship, but also a true commitment to education, to faith of course, but also to development.”
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