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From YouTube: Ottawa City Council - November 8, 2017 (Part 1)
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City Council meeting of November 8, 2018
Part 1
Agenda and background materials can be found at http://www.ottawa.ca/agendas
A
C
You
your
worship
and
to
members
of
council
and,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
it
is
my
honor
to
introduce
to
you
five
members
of
committed
praise,
the
worship
and
choir
team
from
Emanuel
past
aaalac
Church,
which
is
located
on
McCarthy
Road
in
the
hunt
club
neighborhood
of
River
Ward.
The
church
was
established
48
years
ago
in
Ottawa
by
Bishop,
Rudolph,
McEwan
senior,
the
first
church
leader
Emanuel,
and
the
first
black
pastor
in
Ottawa
Bishop
Bryan
Williams.
C
His
son-in-law
is
the
church's
current
pastor,
committed
praise
has
been
part
of
Emanuel
Pollak
since
the
beginning,
inspiring
and
enlightening
attendees
through
song
and
worship.
Various
family
members
and
longtime
parishioners
of
the
church
have
played
a
part
in
committed
praise
since
its
inception,
with
the
worship
team
being
led
by
the
pastor's
daughter,
Vanessa
Williams,
their
choir
is
a
mix
of
youth
leaders,
classical
musicians,
professional
students,
a
police
officer
and
ministers
committed
praise
has
performed
at
the
Blues
Fest
gospel,
tent
Carleton,
University's
urban
praise
night
and
sang
at
the
NAC
s
Black
History
night.
C
In
addition,
they
have
opened
events
for
various
gospel
and
mainstream
artists.
Committed
praise
has
performed
here
in
Ontario
and
in
the
United
States
at
different
concerts,
concerts
and
conferences.
As
an
interesting
side
note,
you
may
recognize
Vanessa
and
her
sister
Tiffany
Ellis
from
their
performances
in
Canadian
Idol
back
in
2006.
A
Well,
what
a
beautiful
rendition
of
Canada!
Thank
you
very
very
much
and
thank
you
counselor
brockington
for
suggesting
our
special
guests
to
start
this
meeting
off.
It's
now
my
honor
to
invite
Rabbi
count:
Cantor
Daniel,
Ben
Lola
to
the
podium
for
this
meeting
city
builder
award
presentations
or
David
Matt
narc.
It's.
B
A
You
and
it's
great
to
have
family
and
friends
here
to
celebrate
your
many
accomplishments
in
our
community
Thank
You
councillor
Lieber,
welcome,
Cantor
Ben
Lola
is
a
very
active
member
of
our
community.
He
tirelessly
dedicates
himself
to
volunteering
and
helping
those
less
fortunate
across
the
city.
He
has
worked
as
an
educator
at
Talmud
Torah
and
as
a
Judaic
advisor
at
the
Tamir
Foundation.
He
is
also
a
frequent
visitor
to
educational
institutions
to
deliver
interfaith
messages
of
hope
and
peace.
A
In
fact,
his
interfaith
work
led
to
the
universal
peace
federation
and
inter-religious
and
international
freedom
for
world
peace,
recognizing
him
as
an
ambassador
for
peace,
but
for
cantor,
Ben
Lola
music
is
really
at
the
heart
of
everything
he
does.
He
uses
music
to
bring
people
together.
He
regularly
visits
the
sick
and
elderly
and
sings
for
them.
He'll
visit
hospitals
and
nursing
homes
simply
to
perform
for
the
residents.
Many
have
commented
that
his
lovely
voice
is
comforting
and
warm
and
that
he
brings
great
joy
to
these
individuals.
A
He
works
tirelessly
with
adults
with
disabilities
breaking
down
barriers
through
song.
He
founded
the
Tamir
Nez
Hama
choir,
comprised
entirely
of
adults
with
developmental
disabilities
and
I've
had
the
honor
of
hearing
the
choir
and
the
number
of
occasions
and
he's
also
the
founder
of
the
SGC,
see
Shira
Ottawa
choir
Cantor
Ben
Lola
is
also
committed
to
his
Jewish
faith.
He
founded
both
called
ban
Lola
bar/bat
bits
Mitzvah
and
afternoon
school
to
help
men
and
women
of
all
ages
realize
their
Bar
and
Bat
Mitzvahs.
A
Naturally,
Cantor
Ben
Lola
has
been
well
recognized
for
his
volunteer
efforts
in
community
building.
He
is
a
recipient
of
the
elaine
rabbin
social
services
award,
the
2013
Governor
General's
caring,
Canadian
award,
which
I
know
councillor
hubely,
has
also
received
from
our
council
and
the
2004
United
Way
community
builder
award
today,
Cantor
Ben
Lola
is
recognized
as
a
city
builder
for
his
many
contributions
and
for
demonstrating
an
extraordinary
commitment
to
making
our
city
a
better
place.
A
It's
with
some
sadness
that
I
note
that
after
23
years,
the
Cantor
is
returning
to
Montreal
to
become
cantor
and
spirit
and
ritual
director
at
Shira.
Sadiq
congregation
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
Cantor
Minh
Lola
for
his
many
contributions,
along
with
his
wife
and
kids,
who
are
here
with
us,
and
he
tells
us
he's
going
to
be
coming
back
many
times
to
Ottawa
zemana
says
they
said
occasional
pogrom
in
a
Sikh
I
would.