Hon. Jim Karygiannis Meets With Somaliland Youth
Alliance of North America

Toronto (TNN)-Robleh Maxamud Aideed (Lafcanbe) and Kulmiye Adam
‘Mardaadi’ of SYANA met with the Honourab le Jim Karrygiannis – MP
of Scarborough-Agincourt on Friday July 29th, 2011. The aim of the
meeting was to introduce SYANA to Rt. Hon. Jim Karygiannias.
Many of the constituents whom Mr. Karygiannias represents in the
parliament are of Somali decent, as such we be lieve it is important
that the representatives of those constitutents are familiar with
our work. Mr.Karygiannis is particularly a friend of Somaliland, was
already familiar of Somaliland and its quest for international
recognition. He acknowledged his support for the organization and
felt that not only was it the right timing for Somaliland but it was
much needed for North America.
Mr.Karygiannias also
provided advice for SYANA and pledged to keep up with the
organization and work with SYA NA in the future. He encouraged
Robleh and Kulmiye to continue educating people about Somaliland and
spread awareness. SYANA will continue to keep in contact with Mr.
Karygiannis and will with periodical meetings like this one. Robleh
and fellow members of SYANA intend to meet with more politicians and
community leaders and organiz ations in the coming mo nths. You can
visit SYANA’s links at www.somalilandyouth.com ,
www.facebook.com /somalilandyouth
and
www.twitter.com/somalilandyouth.com
Jim Karygiannis is the Liberal Member of Parliament for
Scarborough-Agincourt. He is currently the Liberal Multiculturalism
Critic in the House of Commons. Prior to this, He was appointed
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and
Skills Development in October 2005, Mr.Karygiannis also served as
the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, with
special emphasis on Transport and the Environment in 2003.
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