Tracking the 3 Somali-Canadians running for Canadian parliament

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Scheming from Salaxley
Ahmed Hussein of Toronto now leads by 2%
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Liberals in my riding lead by 7% :damn:
 
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Abdul Abdi accused of rigging the votes for his nomination :damn:

http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/co...s-to-split-in-tory-camp-in-ottawa-west-nepean
In a nutshell, the Singer side is alleging a number of voting irregularities that may have tipped the result in Abdiโ€™s favour.

According to an affidavit sworn by a Singer scrutineer, the losing candidate alleges, in Ben-Amiโ€™s words:

  • โ€œDuring voting, individuals with the Abdi campaign were observed in the voting booth area monitoring and instructing individuals how they should vote, contrary to Article 7 (m) of the Rulesโ€ฆ.โ€
  • โ€œUpon the conclusion of voting and during counting of ballots, (the scrutineer) observed and reported seeing several ballots where the voterโ€™s selection had clearly been changed. Following the sorting of the ballots, (the scrutineer) was prevented from observing and verifying the ballot count, basic and universally accepted duties of an election scrutineer.โ€
 
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Thegoodshepherd said:
Ahmed Hussein is almost certainly assured a win, but can anyone update us on the % of the other two men??
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Faisal Hasan will not win the seat. It is a very Liberal seat. You can have a tree stump represent the Liberals there and the tree stump will still win by a landslide. So unfortunately we have to forget about him. His Social Democratic party has 18% support there compared to 60% for Liberals.

Abdul Abdi the Conservative was supposed to win the seat he's running in. He was leading in the very start by a few percentage points and was a Conservative seat since 2006. Abdul has 31% compared to 49% for the Liberals. Abdul Abdi is finished but so are all Conservatives in Ottawa. Abdul Abdi has the Conservatives to blame for his expected loss since they had fights with govt unions.

But Puntland will now have greater influence in the new government with political representstion. The Somali community before used the chief of Staff of the former Foreign Minister (who was a Somali) to divert money Mogadishu to Bosaso. Projects to Mogadishu and Hargeisa were always denied but projects to Puntland were given the green light. If Liberals maintain their lead and win, there will be more things for Puntland and Ahmed Hussen doesn't even need to get a cabinet position for that to happen
 
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AbdiJohnson said:
Faisal Hasan will not win the seat. It is a very Liberal seat. You can have a tree stump represent the Liberals there and the tree stump will still win by a landslide. So unfortunately we have to forget about him. His Social Democratic party has 18% support there compared to 60% for Liberals.

Abdul Abdi the Conservative was supposed to win the seat he's running in. He was leading in the very start by a few percentage points and was a Conservative seat since 2006. Abdul has 31% compared to 49% for the Liberals. Abdul Abdi is finished but so are all Conservatives in Ottawa. Abdul Abdi has the Conservatives to blame for his expected loss since they had fights with govt unions.

But Puntland will now have greater influence in the new government with political representstion. The Somali community before used the chief of Staff of the former Foreign Minister (who was a Somali) to divert money Mogadishu to Bosaso. Projects to Mogadishu and Hargeisa were always denied but projects to Puntland were given the green light. If Liberals maintain their lead and win, there will be more things for Puntland and Ahmed Hussen doesn't even need to get a cabinet position for that to happen
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God bless Puntland and God Bless Canada. On the real though, I don't of any projects the Canadian government has initiated in Puntland. That guy probably funnelled the money to his relatives NGO and they split the cash. :axvmm9o:
 
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A trades program in Puntland happened because of Ahmed Hussen and another MJ guy. Ahmed Hussen would come a few times but Bairds' chief of staff and the other guy would have weekly Friday night Tim Horton sessions. Bureaucrats have denied the civil registration initiative in Hargeisa and very small projects in Sland
 
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AbdiJohnson said:
A trades program in Puntland happened because of Ahmed Hussen and another MJ guy. Ahmed Hussen would come a few times but Bairds' chief of staff and the other guy would have weekly Friday night Tim Horton sessions. Bureaucrats have denied the civil registration initiative in Hargeisa and very small projects in Sland
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I found it but it says the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' Somalia representative was the one who suggested it to the Canadians.

www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/canadian-program-funds-training-for-somalis-1.1180484

:zhqjlmx:
 
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AbdiJohnson said:
Faisal Hasan will not win the seat. It is a very Liberal seat. You can have a tree stump represent the Liberals there and the tree stump will still win by a landslide. So unfortunately we have to forget about him. His Social Democratic party has 18% support there compared to 60% for Liberals.

Abdul Abdi the Conservative was supposed to win the seat he's running in. He was leading in the very start by a few percentage points and was a Conservative seat since 2006. Abdul has 31% compared to 49% for the Liberals. Abdul Abdi is finished but so are all Conservatives in Ottawa. Abdul Abdi has the Conservatives to blame for his expected loss since they had fights with govt unions.

But Puntland will now have greater influence in the new government with political representstion. The Somali community before used the chief of Staff of the former Foreign Minister (who was a Somali) to divert money Mogadishu to Bosaso. Projects to Mogadishu and Hargeisa were always denied but projects to Puntland were given the green light. If Liberals maintain their lead and win, there will be more things for Puntland and Ahmed Hussen doesn't even need to get a cabinet position for that to happen
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Yeah, Faisal Hassan has no chance on winning. Kirsty Duncan is the MP of that district and she's extremely popular amongst her constituents. Even the Somalis absolutely love Ms Duncan and she's a prominent face in the community. Faisal Hassan is nothing but a fill-in, the NDP Party knows he has no chance in winning this election.

But stop with the blatant misinformation about Ahmed Hussen favoring Puntland. I've asked him this question directly and he's clearly focused only on the York South-Weston region and his constituents for now. He's a CANADIAN politician and his focus is on handling the issues of his CANADIAN constituents. What part of that don't you understand.
 
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Thegoodshepherd said:
Won't that logic actually work against Abdul Abdi seeing that NDP has 20% in his district while the liberals have 43%??
He may get 40% of the vote but still lose because NDP voters chose to go liberal at the last moment.
Check this out:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...anning-to-vote-strategically/article26343579/
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In Abdul Abdi's case, his riding was a Conservative stronghold for about a decade and his has the backing of former Conservative MP John Baird ( who won 45% of the vote in 2011). He could win. It doesn't seem likely, but it could happen.
 
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