Ottawa West: Community Activist

Stiff Challenge Dept: Once regarded as a safe seat for the Liberals, the NDP is hoping to take the riding back and the Progressive Conservative candidate also hopes to make inroads. Ridings to watch Local councillors pick favourite in Ottawa-Orleans race Immigrant tax credit could shape Ottawa West-Nepean race Sterling casts shadow over Carleton-Mississippi Mills race, according to CBC. Naidoo, a community activist who worked on Jack Layton's first federal campaign, sees the race as a two-man fight between him and Naqvi and with just one day left on the campaign trail, the battle in the provincial riding of Ottawa Centre is one of several key races across Ontario expected to go down to the wire. Yasir Naqvi won the riding for the Liberals by 2,000 votes in the last election but is facing a stiff challenge from first-time candidate Anil Naidoo with the NDP. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.