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Hello, As I begin my latest update, let me say Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem to all those celebrating Ramadan this month. I know it will be a very different Ramadan, without being able to go to the Mosque for prayers and gathering with the community for Iftar. Instead, we will be at home with […]

Thank you to the community members who celebrated holidays this week, such as New Years, Vaisakhi, Passover and Easter, by staying at home with their immediate families this past weekend. This weekend will be the Orthodox Easter, and Ramadan begins next week. Thank you for continuing to observe the rules of physical distancing during these […]

Food Banks Dorset Park Hub 1911 Kennedy Rd #105, Toronto, ON M1P 2L9 (416) 292-6912 Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel (416) 759-1721 2021 Lawrence Ave East Salvation Army Cedarbrae (416) 438-2573 2085 Ellesmere Rd Open by appointment * Mon 9:30 am-12:30 pm, Thu-Fri 9:30 am-12:30 pm & 1 pm-2:30 pm St. Jude’s (Wexford) Anglican Church (416) […]

Weekly MP Update on COVID-19 response Hello, This week, I would like to send my thoughts and best wishes to the members of the Jewish, Sikh and Christian faiths celebrating Passover, Vaisakhi and Easter, and Tamils celebrating their New Year on Tuesday. These are normally occasions where family and community come together and that’s just […]

Weekly MP update on our COVID-19 response Hello, As I write to provide my third weekly update on our government’s COVID-19 response, I want to say that I hope you are hanging in there and to urge you to stay the course. I understand many of you are frustrated. You want to know how much […]

Many voices, one message: Scarborough strong! ‘

An update from your Member of Parliament Hello, I’m writing to provide you another weekly update on the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before I begin with the news, let me thank everyone who is following the advice of the public health experts by practising physical distancing, and to all the Canadians returning […]

Update on federal government’s COVID-19 response Hello, I am writing to provide you with an update on the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But first, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you. It is your positive response that is going to get us through this. By social distancing and not […]

Today at the Dorset Park Hub, Scarborough Centre MP Salma Zahid recognized local organizations and students that were benefiting from the Canada Summer Jobs program. On the job work experience is an important way young people get the skills they need to launch their careers. For many students, the summer is the perfect opportunity to […]

Record job growth has a positive impact in Scarborough and right across Canada Canadians have created over one million jobs since 2015 thanks to the Liberal Government’s plan When the middle class has more money in their pockets to save, invest, and grow the economy, we all benefit. New numbers show that the Liberal Government’s […]