THIRD OTTAWA CITY
HALL IFTAR DINNER - JULY 10, 2014 Mayor Jim Watson
was the Guest of Honour at the 3rd Iftar dinner that was held on
July 10, 2014, in the Jean Pigott Hall
at the Ottawa City Hall. Retired
Chief Armand La Barge was the emcee for the evening. The
dinner was well attended by the Diplomatic Corps and Heads of various
organizations and institutions. Hon. Yasir
Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and House Leader, Government of Ontario,
also attended and was one of the speakers.
The
event was supported by His
Worship Mayor Jim Watson, Mrs. Tina Sarellas, Regional President, Ontario
North and East Region,
RBC
Royal Bank, TD
Bank and the Ismaili Council for Ottawa. President
Mobeen Khaja welcomed the guests and thanked Mayor Jim Watson, Mrs.
Tina Sarellas, Mr.
Robert Volpato of TD Bank and Mr. Bashir Surani for their
support. The Mayor said that he is pleased that APMC will
continue with this event as an annual one. Mrs.
Tina Sarellas,
brought greetings from the Royal Bank of Canada and Mr. Robert Volpato did
the same on behalf of the TD Bank. The
first Iftar Volunteer Award was presented to Megan Wallace of Perley-Robertson,
Hill & McDougall, LLP, for preparing and submitting new By-laws and
Articles for APMC to obtain the Certificate of Continuance from Industry
Canada. The text was as follows: ' in recognition of your
outstanding volunteer service to our Association and your passion to help
community organizations on behalf of your law firm'.
A Sandulak's polar bear was also presented to her.
Some photos from the event.
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Mayor Jim Watson |
Chief (Ret'd) Chief La Barge and Mobeen Khaja |
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Hon. Yaser Naqvi |
Tina Sarellas, RBC
Royal Bank, |
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Robert Volpato,
TD Bank |
Mayor presents award to Megan Wallace |
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Hon. Yaser Naqvi, Mayor Jim Watson and Megan Wallace. |
Megan Wallace, Ambassador Babali of Turkey, Mobeen
Khaja & Barry Leon |
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Hon. Yaser Naqvi, Mayor Jim Watson & Ambassador
Tuncay Babali. |
Ambassadors of Afghanistan and Portugal |
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David Morgan, Tina Sarellas & Peggy Morgan |
Guests from TD Bank |
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