Relief-Packing Event: Ahmed Hussen

relief-packing event: Ahmed Hussen, Canada's minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, was at Saturday's event, according to CBC. CBC What you see here is Canadian generosity and the ability of citizens to step up, Hussen said. Among those at the relief-packing event was Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen, who himself came to Canada as a refugee from Somalia in his teens. Canadians have always stepped up when other people around the world have run into difficulties especially when it comes to famine and malnutrition affecting women and children and men. Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen 1st Somali-Canadian appointed to federal cabinet Toronto's Ahmed Hussen 1st Somali-Canadian elected to Parliament Paying it forward' Osob Mohamud was one of many who volunteered at the event. The Canadian government has pledged to match all funds raised for famine relief in East Africa until the end of the month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.