Cree MP Saganash launches bid for NDP leadership
Former Cree leader Romeo Saganash is running to replace Jack Layton as the leader of the NDP.
Former Cree leader Romeo Saganash is running to replace Jack Layton as the leader of the NDP.
Indigenous leaders have reason to suspect a hidden “agenda” behind the Stephen Harper government’s decision to change the name of Indian Affairs and the title of the minister responsible for the department, NDP leader Jack Layton said.
NDP MP’s Romeo Saganash and Jean Crowder talked with APTN about some of their party’s priorities for the coming session.
The NDP’s Romeo Saganash easily took his northern Quebec riding despite facing accusations early on his Cree background would prove a liability with local voters.
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is facing a brewing controversy after it emerged a Liberal candidate who founded a white supremacy group in Quebec made racist comments about Aboriginal people, calling them “featherheads” and questioning the validity of Aboriginal rights.
A Cree NDP candidate in northern Quebec is demanding his Bloc opponent apologize to all Quebeckers implying they are “racist.”
An incumbent Bloc Quebecois candidate in northern Quebec apologized Friday for saying the Aboriginal ancestry of his NDP opponent was a liability with voters.