Feds deny Ottawa Somali centre funding claiming it's not Black enough

Feds deny Ottawa Somali centre funding claiming it's not Black enough
Priscilla Hwang
Leaders of a Somali organization in Ottawa say their relationship with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has been severely damaged after the department rejected its funding application by arguing it's not Black enough.
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Mohamoud Hagi-Aden, founder of the Somali Center for Family Services in Ottawa, said the reasoning for the rejection left him in disbelief.
"At this day and age, to come across something like that was very, very, very shock[ing] and somewhat uncalled for," said Mohamoud Hagi-Aden, one of the founders of the Somali Centre for Family Services. The centre is among hundreds of organizations the government rejected, claiming they failed to meet its Black leadership criteria. 

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