Hopes still ride on Saganash in NDP leadership race
The race of the NDP’s top spot is nearing the finish line.
The race of the NDP’s top spot is nearing the finish line.
While the community of Attawapiskat has dominated the national media for weeks, two Cree communities on the other side of James Bay each declared a state of emergency.
First Nations MPs offered starkly different takes on the unfolding crisis in the Cree community of Attawapiskat.
NDP leadership candidate Romeo Saganash says he’s getting more support as the days and months go by.
The Conservative government announced Thursday morning it was commissioning a stained glass tribute to the survivors of Indian residential schools.
Jack Layton spent “many years” persuading NDP MP Romeo Saganash to run for Parliament, and now that the Cree politician has jumped into the race to replace the deceased leader he is also carrying the “hope and change” embodied by the party, says Layton’s widow and NDP MP Olivia Chow.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo says he is “excited” about NDP MP Romeo Saganash’s bid to become the next leader of the NDP and potentially “the prime minister of the country.”
One of the MP’s backing NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp dismissed Romeo Saganash’s ability to get support from party members outside Quebec.
Former Cree leader turned NDP leadership candidate Romeo Saganash says he doesn’t believe the absence of an NDP provincial wing in Quebec is a “handicap” in the race to replace party leader Jack Layton who died from cancer in late August.