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- 1 2 3 "Bay Street stalwarts Howard Wetston and Sabi Marwah make list of Senate appointments". National Post , October 31, 2016.
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- ↑ https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/marwah-sarabjit/ Senate of Canada biography of Marwah