Tbf, I've heard Somalis say to vote Liberal in Etobicoke North because Faisal Hassan apparently hates MJs. And apparently Ahmed Hussen also told people to vote Liberal in Etobicoke North (I assume bc that's his party, not to do w/ the MJ stuff). It's not like either of them were running for CPC so idk why a Somali wouldn't vote for the Somali candidate in their riding.
It was actually Faisal Hassan's people who were being the campaign to sabotage Ahmed Hussen and it was qabil motivated. If Faisal Hassan was a Liberal candidate in Etobicoke North, he would have won effortlessly, but he was running as NDP against a well liked Liberal candidate. Furthermore, Hassan did not do his job of mobilizing voters. Most Somalis in the area didn't even bother to vote ( about 40k people voted in the riding), but they came out in droves for Ahmed Hussen. Faisal has no one to blame for his failure but himself.