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Canada: Racialized women run for Toronto City Council

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Three racialized women run for Toronto City Council for the Fall election, a unique moment in a city council dominated by white men. "We talk a lot about diversity. We say diversity is our strength. We don't lack talented people. A lot of talented, diverse, intellectual people made a choice to be Canadian," says Ali, a Somali doctor trained in Italy who works as a medical adjudicator for the province. She speaks four languages. She wants to use all of them to speak for a part of the city she calls "voiceless.""That's a point I'd like to make," says Ali, 60. "Canada has all these things and we are not using them – languages, minds, talent ..."
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Three racialized women run for Toronto City Council for the Fall election, a unique moment in a city council dominated by white men. "We talk a lot about diversity. We say diversity is our strength. We don't lack talented people. A lot of talented, diverse, intellectual people made a choice to be Canadian," says Ali, a Somali doctor trained in Italy who works as a medical adjudicator for the province. She speaks four languages. She wants to use all of them to speak for a part of the city she calls "voiceless.""That's a point I'd like to make," says Ali, 60. "Canada has all these things and we are not using them – languages, minds, talent ..."
Read the full story at The Star.

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