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Canadian Businessman: Opportunity Boom and Emmanuel Jal

canadian businessman: In between, he's been an acclaimed rapper, author, and documentarian, and he also co-starred in a film with Reese Witherspoon, according to Huffington Post Canada. I came to Canada with nothing, and now I have three businesses that employ Canadians, Jal says proudly, using his personal journey as an example of why we should welcome refugees to Canada. Now he's a Canadian businessman. They know where they come from so when they get here and get an opportunity boom! that's it. Emmanuel Jal performing at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, U.S. March 17, 2017 Photo Reuters When my country was torn by the war, we kept running from one place to another. That is certainly how Jal has lived since escaping his past as one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, 20,000 or so young children left alone in a war zone, where he later became AK-47-wielding soldier at the age of eight. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.