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What Makes Monia Run?

Posted on Friday, March 12 at 18:21 by 4Canada
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What makes Monia run?

In Tunisia, I dreamed of Canada as a land of justice and opportunity. Now I want to help make it so, says MONIA MAZIGH, who hopes to become an MP

By MONIA MAZIGH
Friday, March 12, 2004 - Page A19

Why am I running for politics?

When I was still a second-year business school student in Tunisia, I wanted to live in a country where I could feel the respect of others and where I could always be intellectually challenged. In 1991, after finishing my bachelor's degree, I came to Canada and started a new life.

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  1. by Kory Yamashita
    Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:35 am
    Wow... and I was worried that she wasn't much more than an opportunist. She seems so much more convincing than many of the Politicians I know. I think Monia would have my vote. Anyone know who she's up against for nomination and for the subsequent election?

    -KY

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    Kory Yamashita

    "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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  2. by 4Canada
    Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:48 am
    Kory,

    I do know she's running in Ottawa South and all of the party candidates are new to the riding election. The only person I do know she's up against is the Ontario Permier Dalton McGuinty's brother.

  3. by N Say
    Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:55 am
    That's cool! She obviously doesn't agree with the corporate media because they seem to be playing this down a lot. (well I haven't heard much about this anyway) That's good for us. I would have thought that Maher Arar's wife would be in the news more.

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    "So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

  4. by Anonymous
    Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:03 am
    This is great! I'd vote for her. She is also challenging the stereotype of Muslim women being submissive and not in public. Too bad the riding she is running in is almost sure not to vote NDP.

  5. by Dave Ruston
    Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:39 pm
    Yep! She speaks my language! She`d get my vote too!

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    Dave Ruston



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