Jaime Battiste
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Jaime Battiste drops out of Liberal leadership race, backs Mark CarneyBattiste, a Liberal MP from Nova Scotia, was the only Indigenous candidate in the running and sought to put First Nations issues on the agenda during the contest.PoliticsJan 30
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Indigenous MP from Nova Scotia submits application for Liberal leadership raceNova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste has joined the Liberal leadership race, confirming today that he has submitted the required documents and a $50,000 deposit to the federal party.CanadaJan 23
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Chair of Liberal party’s Indigenous caucus says identity ‘complicated’ as members questionedSome want to know why Randy Boissonnault, who has claimed to be Cree, was touted as an Indigenous member of the party for years, and is now changing his tune.PoliticsNov 15, 2024
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Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own ridingThe proposed change for Sydney-Victoria was done without the consultation of its Indigenous constituents, said Jaime Battiste.PoliticsJan 31, 2023
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Canada election results: Sydney—VictoriaSydney—Victoria has been a Liberal stronghold since the early 2000s.CanadaMay 13, 2021
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Second Indigenous-run lobster fishery opens in Nova Scotia on Treaty DayNearly 300 people attended the ceremony to launch the boats loaded with lobster traps out onto the water.CanadaOct 1, 2020
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Mi’kmaw power, inside and beyond Ottawa, stronger than in past fishery battles'I wonder if they ever thought, 20 years ago, that they'd have two Mi'kmaw senators and a Mi'kmaw MP who could help influence and work with government to find a solution.'PoliticsSep 27, 2020
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First Mi’kmaw MP asks question in his language in House of CommonsJaime Battiste, Liberal MP for Sydney-Victoria, used his first statement in House to speak the Mi'kmaq language.CanadaDec 13, 2019
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Meet Jaime Battiste: Nova Scotia’s first Mi’kmaq member of ParliamentThe 40-year-old legal expert and Indigenous activist, elected as a Liberal in Cape Breton, seems poised to make a name for himself in federal politics.PoliticsOct 22, 2019
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