Over its 132-year history since incorporation as a city, Vancouver has had 39 mayors. All of them have been white men. Change seems to be coming, however, and suddenly. Two of the Vancouver’s leading municipal…
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The majority of Pakistani candidates running for various offices in the recent Ontario municipal elections continued their losing streak. Only two Pakistani candidates emerged victorious in the polls, whereas hundreds of others did literally nothing…
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This is an occasional column on immigrants running for political office — at the municipal, provincial or federal level. Here, we feature a candidate contesting an Ottawa City ward on Oct. 27. New Canadian Media does not endorse…
View More Why I’m running: Lilly Obina in Ottawa
“Immigrants need to know the rules of this land.” “They need to know that Canadians do not tolerate violence against women.” “They need to know about hygiene.” “They need to know that you do not…
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