Tesla's birthday has officially become a holiday in Ontario

The most deserving for this extremely important event is the member of the Provincial Parliament of Ontario from the ranks of the New Democratic Party, Tom Rakočević, on whose initiative the law was passed.

The law that made Nikola Tesla's birthday a holiday in Ontario explicitly states that Tesla is a "Serbian-American inventor and engineer".

The law reminds that Tesla's patents were the basis for the construction of the world's first hydroelectric power plant on the Niagara River, and that only 25 years later, all settlements in Southern Ontario had access to electricity.

The proclamation of Nikola Tesla Day in Ontario is a great success for the Serbian diaspora in Canada, which is the most numerous in that province, because in this way the reputation of the Serbian community in that area is being raised.

The Consul General of the Republic of Serbia in Toronto, Vasilije Petković, thanked the Member of the Ontario Parliament, Tom Rakočević, for the initiative, as well as the Provincial Parliament of Ontario for the quickly implemented procedure of adopting the draft law.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia in Toronto, with its activities, helped in the realization of the project of proclaiming the Nikola Tesla Day in Ontario.