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Refugee and chocolate maker Tareq Hadhad to become Canadian citizen today
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia chocolate maker who came to Canada as a Syrian refugee will become a Canadian citizen today.
Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, is to take part in a citizenship ceremony at Pier 21 in Halifax this morning.
Hadhad’s family had made chocolates in Syria for more than 20 years, but their factory was destroyed in a bombing that forced them to leave the country.
Peace by Chocolate opened for business in 2016 and now ships its confections around the world.