Indigenous Voices in Campaign 2021

09/15/21 • 26 min

A record 77 Indigenous candidates are seeking office in the 2021 federal election. We invite three of them to discuss their priorities. The Green Party's Lorraine Rekmans is a candidate for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes; Chippewas Kettle and Stony Point First Nation Chief Jason Henry is an NDP candidate for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex; and Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, chair of truth and reconciliation at Lakehead University, is a Liberal candidate for Simcoe North. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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