Peter Golden: Hildegard Horie

Hildegard Horie: You know, so many years of struggle. I want to leave that in the past. I just want to focus now on looking forward, said Dillon, 30, at a welcoming party Monday hosted at the North Saanich home of Hildegard Horie, who fought for four years to get Dillon into Canada. , according to Times Colonist. Horie, who is in her 70s, has been paying many of the immigration expenses from her own pocket or through donations from friends or members of the First Baptist Church of Victoria, which sponsored Dillon. Victoria immigration lawyer Peter Golden did a lot of work on the file pro bono. As Victor Dillon starts his new life in Canada, the Liberian refugee is focused on the future and ready to leave behind 20 difficult years in a refugee camp in Ghana. On Jan. 5, Dillon will travel to Langley where he will start studying business at Trinity Western University while living with a homestay family. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.