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Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the stage following his speech at the Liberal national convention in Montreal on Saturday. (AP)<\/p>\nCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Vaisakhi provides a moment \u201cto reaffirm the values of justice, of charity and of service\u201d and that the contribution of the Sikh community has been a source of strength for the country.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the stage following his speech at the Liberal national convention in Montreal on Saturday. (AP)<\/p>\n
Addressing a gathering in Ottawa on Monday, Carney said, \u201cWe\u2019re here to recognise that for generations, Sikh Canadians have helped to build our great nation, through enterprise, through achievement and through seva.\u201d \u201cYour contributions are not only a source of pride within the community, they are a fundamental strength of our country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He was speaking at a gathering to mark Sikh Heritage Month as well the launch of the short film, \u201cPromises\u201d, which commemorates the contribution of soldiers from the community during the Second World War and was presented by the Indus Media Foundation.<\/p>\n
Carney said Vaisakhi provided a \u201cmoment to reaffirm the values of justice, of charity and of service\u201d while being \u201ca celebration of the spring harvest\u201d and a \u201cchance to look ahead with optimism, what may be cultivated, what we may grow together.\u201d<\/p>\n
With over 750,000 Sikhs in Canada, Vaisakhi, marking harvest, is celebrated throughout the country. The historic Khalsa Diwan Society held the 47th edition of its Khalsa Day nagar kirtan in Vancouver on Saturday.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, India\u2019s Consulate in Toronto, celebrated the festival in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) town of Brampton at an event which was organised in association with the community group Virasat-e-Khalsa.<\/p>\n
It marked \u201cthe enduring bonds between India and Canada, and to the remarkable contribution of the Sikh community,\u201d according to a post from the consulate. India\u2019s High Commissioner to Ottawa Dinesh Patnaik , reflected on the diaspora as the living thread that weaves the two nations together while Consul General in Toronto Mahavir Singhvii underscored Vaisakhi\u2019s resonance across the world \u2014 and of Sikh heritage whose legacy only grows with time.<\/p>\n
\u201cVaisakhi continues to inspire generations with its message of courage, faith, and community since founding of the Khalsa Panth in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh Ji,\u201d the consulate noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Vaisakhi provides a moment \u201cto reaffirm the values of justice, of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[822,2671,111,2669,2670,2668],"class_list":["post-4285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mark-carney","tag-canadian-prime-minister","tag-khalsa-panth","tag-mark-carney","tag-sikh-community","tag-sikh-heritage-month","tag-vaisakhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}