Roberto Abbondanza
December 12th, 2007, 02:55 PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he hopes anti-Semitic bigotry may one day be banished forever, as he took part in a menorah-lighting ceremony on Parliament Hill Tuesday to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
"The fact that Jews can now conduct this ceremony in so many countries, in public, in the supportive company of their non-Jewish fellow citizens is reason for hope that the light of the menorah may one day banish anti-Semitic bigotry into the darkness forever," said Harper, who was flanked by rabbis.
"I am proud that the light shines so brightly in Canada. Our peaceful, prosperous and pluralistic society welcomes people of all faiths. And we will always be a resolute defender of Jewish religious freedom in an often hostile world," he added.
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"The fact that Jews can now conduct this ceremony in so many countries, in public, in the supportive company of their non-Jewish fellow citizens is reason for hope that the light of the menorah may one day banish anti-Semitic bigotry into the darkness forever," said Harper, who was flanked by rabbis.
"I am proud that the light shines so brightly in Canada. Our peaceful, prosperous and pluralistic society welcomes people of all faiths. And we will always be a resolute defender of Jewish religious freedom in an often hostile world," he added.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=bdc9085f-b583-419f-8c12-a20ebc0ac8f4