Joseph C. Ben-Ami (born 1962/1963) is a Canadian

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writer, strategist and organizer. He is a principal consultant wit
Ditchley Public Affairs
a Canadian-based strategic communications and political marketing firm, and sits on the board o
BlueCommittee.Org
Ben-Ami is the former President and CEO of the Arthur Meighen Institute for Public Affairs (formerly the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies), an independent conservative think-tank, and publisher of Canadian Observer, a quarterly magazine that examines culture, politics and public affairs from a conservative perspective. Before joining the Meighen Institute he was the executive director of the Institute for Canadian Values (ICV), and before that he was director of Government Relations and Diplomatic Affairs for

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. Ben-Ami is also a member of the international advisory board of the organization Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation, a US-based Jewish group dedicated to fighting discrimination directed against Christians. Ben-Ami has held senior positions in several local, provincial and national political and advocacy campaigns. He served as a policy aid to former Canadian Prime Minister

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and operations director for

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, former leader of the

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. Most recently he managed the campaign of

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for the leadership of the

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. Ben-Ami is also a conservative television and radio commentator and regular public speaker. He is co-host o
The Combat Zone Podcast
and lectures on subjects such as civic engagement and leadership. In 2022, Ben-Ami unsuccessfully ran for

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Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Knoxdale-Merivale (Ward 9) is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward is bordered to the east by the Rideau River and Fisher Avenue, the northern boundaries of the community of Barrhaven to the south, Ontario Hig ...

. He placed fourth behind playwright

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; real-estate agent James Dean; and brother of outgoing councillor

Keith Egli Keith Egli (born January 20, 1962) was the Ottawa city councillor for Knoxdale-Merivale Ward from 2010 to 2022. He won the ward in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election, which was vacated by the retiring Gord Hunter. Background Egli was born in Mon ...

, Myles Egli. Ben-Ami's campaign emphasized fiscal

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. Ben-Ami also made statements in support of reducing the number of city councillors, and supported

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Premier

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's move to give mayors of large cities executive powers. While his campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, Ben-Ami's support was strongest in western portions of the ward, where he placed second to

in two polling stations: Knoxdale Public School and

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Electoral record

, - !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Candidate !colspan="3", Popular vote !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Expenditures , - ! Votes ! % ! ±% , - , style="background-color:#E01F5B;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:right;" , 4,812 , style="text-align:right;" , 39.20 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#5EA454;" , , style="text-align:left;" , James Dean , style="text-align:right;" , 2,564 , style="text-align:right;" , 20.89 , style="text-align:right;" , +1.05 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#FFF101;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Myles Egli , style="text-align:right;" , 2,051 , style="text-align:right;" , 16.71 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#202693;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Joseph Ben-Ami , style="text-align:right;" , 1,426 , style="text-align:right;" , 11.62 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#442565;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Michael Wood , style="text-align:right;" , 1,228 , style="text-align:right;" , 10.00 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#abdfb9;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Peter Westaway , style="text-align:right;" , 118 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.96 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Peter Anthony Weber , style="text-align:right;" , 77 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.63 , style="text-align:right;" , -1.99 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total valid votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 12,276 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 97.47 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 318 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 2.53 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Turnout , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 12,594 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 45.55 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Eligible voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 27,650 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="3" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:

References

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