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Phone: 250-387-2080
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 250-387-2078
The salutation is “Your Honour”.
The Honourable Janet Austin, OBC
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
Government House
1401 Rockland Avenue
Victoria BC V8S IV9
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