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20 Facts About Sine Chadi

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Sine Kassim Chadi was born on February 13,1956 and is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and former politician.

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Sine Chadi is currently CEO and Chairman of Imperial Equities Inc a publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange.

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Sine Chadi was elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1993 as the MLA for Edmonton Roper.

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From 1993 to 1997, Sine Chadi was a Member of the Legislative Assembly, elected as the Liberal candidate in Edmonton Roper during the 1993 Provincial Election.

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Sine Chadi defeated incumbent New Democrat MLA Christie Mjolness to win his seat.

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Sine Chadi served as a Deputy Finance critic as well as critic for Economic Development and Trade and Science and Research, and Treasury.

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Sine Chadi served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, as well as on the Committees on the Alberta Heritage Savings Fund Act, the Select Standing Committee on law and Regulations and the Select Standing Committee on Public Affairs.

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Sine Chadi completed his term as MLA, and did not to run for a second term in the Legislature.

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The Sine Chadi Family was among Canada's first Lebanese settlers, first travelling into the Lac La Biche area in 1895, where they participated in the fur trade, set up a general store and provided some of the most significant regional competition to the Hudson's Bay Company [24].

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Zeher Sine Chadi passed away from breast cancer at the young age of 34 in 1967.

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Sine Chadi graduated from High School in Lac La Biche in 1973 [26].

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Sine Chadi has grown over 20 years to the point where it has approximately 1 million square feet of leasable space.

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Sine Chadi is known for his rousing auctioneering activities and for his generosity His has offered business and promotion counsel to many causes.

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Sine Chadi is an active participant in the fundraising activities of many organizations.

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Sine Chadi was fundraising chair of a $7 million campaign for the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, where he served as a board member for many years.

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Sine Chadi has been a lead organizer for E4C, an organization focused on anti-poverty initiatives and operator of Edmonton City Hall's Hallway Cafe which provides job and life skills support to vulnerable youth.

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Sine Chadi was the organizer of the Premier's Wild Game Dinner which raised money for multiple causes.

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Sine Chadi currently serves a Director of the Parkinson Association of Alberta, and of the Gordon and Diane Buchanan Family Foundation, which has spearheaded the construction and operation of the $6 million Buchanan Centre as a wellness centre for people suffering from Parkinson disease.

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Sine Chadi has served on the Board of the Capital Care Foundation and continues to financially support the organization.

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Sine Chadi was finance chair for the $23 million Edmonton Islamic Academy.