{"id":7192,"date":"2014-04-16T21:25:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=7192"},"modified":"2014-08-29T00:12:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T16:12:17","slug":"minister-kenney-issues-statement-celebrating-the-start-of-passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/04\/16\/minister-kenney-issues-statement-celebrating-the-start-of-passover\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Kenney issues statement celebrating the start of Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7211\" style=\"width: 528px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jason-Kenney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7211\" alt=\"Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism Jason Kenny. Photo courtesy of Jason Kenney's official Facebook page.\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jason-Kenney.jpg\" width=\"528\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jason-Kenney.jpg 528w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jason-Kenney-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism Jason Kenney. Photo courtesy of J<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JasonKenneymp\">ason Kenney&#8217;s official Facebook page<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa \u2013 The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism, issued the following statement celebrating the start of Passover:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis evening, millions of people across Canada and around the world will gather at seder tables with loved ones to mark the beginning of Passover and to commemorate the Jewish people\u2019s exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPassover is a time to celebrate the resilience of the Jewish people throughout the many triumphs and tragedies of their long history. As families sit around theseder table recounting the story of the Exodus to the next generation, we celebrate their strength of spirit and community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPassover also affords the opportunity for all Canadians to reflect on the importance of freedom, family, tradition, and faith and to think about those around the world who still struggle for basic rights and freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs Canada\u2019s Minister for Multiculturalism, I extend my best wishes to Jews everywhere as they celebrate Passover. <\/em>Chag Pesach kasher v\u2019sameach.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Officially released 14 April 2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ottawa \u2013 The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism, issued the following statement celebrating the start of Passover: \u201cThis &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2198,2199,2197],"class_list":["post-7192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news-ca","tag-jason-kenney","tag-message","tag-passover","mauthors-citizenship-and-immigration-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}