Veteran Mp: Rookie Mp and Mahad Yusef

veteran mp: It's something that we really needed, not just for the Somali community, but for the whole black community, according to CBC. Hussen's appointment was announced Tuesday in Ottawa by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as part of an extensive cabinet shuffle. It's a really great thing to happen to our community, said Mahad Yusef, the executive director of the Somali Immigrant Aid Association. He replaces John McCallum, the veteran MP representing Markham-Thornhill, who will become Canada's ambassador to China. Watch Teenage refugee to rookie MP Each of us coming into public life are informed ... by the different experiences they bring to the table. Hussen, 41, knows the challenging path to citizenship first-hand; he came to Canada as a 16-year-old refugee from Somalia in 1993. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.