For immediate release
July 30th, 2010

CELEBRATE OUR PROVINCE ON B.C. DAY

SURREY – Surrey-Tynehead MLA and Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism Dave S. Hayer is urging all British Columbians, and particularly those who have only recently chosen our province as their new home, to celebrate B.C. Day on Monday, August 2.

"This has been an especially wonderful year to celebrate the good things that happen in our great province,” said Hayer. “We held the overwhelmingly successful Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games here in February, and showed the world what we can all do together.

“British Columbia is one of the most ethnically diverse regions in the world, and the celebration of the winter games highlighted, that regardless of race, colour, creed or ethnicity, we are all one in this province,” explained Hayer.

“ I urge everyone on Monday to celebrate again in the same Olympic spirit the wonders of this province – its scenery, its abundance of nature, its progress and its people – and to come together as one on this day of recognition that B.C. truly is the best place on earth to live, work, play, raise a family and create a future.”

Visit Dave’s website at www.davehayermla.bc.ca and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MLAHayer

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For more information, contact Russel Lolacher, B.C. Liberal Government Caucus Communications: 250-356-5352