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Attorney General Announces Anti-Hate Crime Grant to Help Etobicoke Youth

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For Immediate Release
January 31, 2008

Attorney General Chris Bentley announces an anti-hate crime grant - one of 10 across the Greater Toronto Area - for the Somali-Canadian Association of Canada, at the Thistletown Multi-Service Centre, Etobicoke. The Attorney General is flanked by Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources (right), association president Osman Ali (far left) and Shafiq Qaadri, MPP for Etobicoke North.

Attorney General Chris Bentley (left), Khalip Sheikh an active community supporter, and Osman Ali, president of the Somali-Canadian Association of Etobicoke (far right) greet second-grader Halima Hussein following the announcement of an Ontario government grant the association will use to benefit youth targeted by hate crimes. The association will organize a community forum to increase vigilance against hate crimes and improve support for victims.

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