Justin Trudeau took time during his visit to the U.S. capital this week to praise a family of Syrian refugees who established a thriving chocolate-making business in Nova Scotia.
The prime minister made the comments when he presented some Peace by Chocolate treats to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday.
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Based in Antigonish, N.S., Peace by Chocolate was founded by the Hadhad family, who fled their home in war-torn Damascus in 2012.
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They arrived in Nova Scotia with next to nothing in 2016.
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Earlier this year, company CEO Tareq Hadhad announced the company had plans to hire 50 refugees by 2022.
In September 2016, Trudeau mentioned the family’s successful business in a speech to the United Nations.
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