Larry O'Brien, Mayor of Ottawa, Canada (2008)

On behalf of Members of Council and the 870,000 residents of the City of Ottawa, it gives me great pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the Chinese-Canadian communities of our nation’s capital, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and others world-wide on the occasion of the 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular.

As Mayor of Canada's capital city, I am delighted to lend my fullest support to New Tang Dynasty Television's initiatives to disseminate news, entertainment and information of particular interest to Canadians of Chinese heritage. NTDTV is also to be commended for its efforts to increase public awareness of the important contributions, which Chinese culture, its languages and civilization have made to Canadian multiculturalism.

This world-class production, which will play to an Ottawa audience of more than 2,000 guests in the National Arts Centre's Southam Hall, is a unique opportunity as well for Canada's citizens of Chinese ancestry and the broader population to come together via satellite with other Chinese communities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia to be entertained by internationally acclaimed Chinese performers including talented artists from the West.

As four continents jubilantly ring in the Chinese Lunar New Year, allow me to wish the entire NTDTV audience a most enjoyable celebration as well as good health, happiness and much fortune in the coming year.

Sincerely,

Larry O'Brien
Mayor, City of Ottawa, Canada

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