10,508 Votes

"Nobody said building democracy in Iraq would be easy." -- Iraq's ambassador to Canada, Howar Ziad

Published February 2, 2005

The ambassador casts his ballot in an advance poll in Ottawa on Jan. 28. Turnout amongst the Iraqi community in Canada over the three-day voting period totaled 10,508 ballots, cast in Toronto, Ottawa, and Calgary. Mayada Al-Karki, a spokeswoman for Iraq's embassy in Ottawa, estimated the total number of expatriates residing in Canada to be "between 30,000 and 40,000 people." Canada was one of 14 countries where expatriate...

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