PM Harris to attend Independence Church Service in Toronto on Saturday, September 30

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 29, 2017 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, is expected to join dozens of Kittitians and Nevisians, as well as the regular congregation of the St. George on Yonge Anglican Church in Toronto, Canada, for a special 34th Anniversary of Independence Church Service on Saturday, September 30.

The church service commences at 4pm at the St. George on Yonge Anglican Church, located at 5350 Yonge Street, Toronto.

Among those expected to attend Saturday’s service is Dr. Winston Isaac, Honorary Consul for the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in Toronto, who will deliver remarks. Prime Minister Harris is also expected to address the congregation.

Saturday’s Independence Church Service will be led by Reverend Leonard Leader, who is a Kittitian.

Reverend Leader will be assisted during the service by Reverend Vernon Duporte and Reverend Arthur Martin, both of whom are also of Kittitian and Nevisian heritage.

Prime Minister Harris is in Canada as part of an ECCB Monetary Council delegation that is hosting high level meetings with leading financial institutions and Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

The delegation comprises Prime Minister of St. Lucia and current chairman of the OECS, the Honourable Allen Chastanet, as well as the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Mr. Timothy Antoine.