Indigenous MP from Nova Scotia submits application for Liberal leadership race

Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste has joined the Liberal enactment race, confirming Thursday that helium has submitted the required documents and a $50,000 deposit to the national party.

Battiste is the lone First Nations campaigner successful the contention to regenerate Justin Trudeau, and the archetypal Indigenous campaigner ever to beryllium successful the moving to go premier curate of Canada.

Speaking successful Halifax Thursday, the Mi’kmaq person from Cape Breton was surrounded by Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey chiefs and councillors from crossed Atlantic Canada.

Battiste says helium knows he’s an underdog, but helium says helium relishes the challenge.

He says helium has received encouragement from Indigenous leaders crossed Canada.

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Battiste says that arsenic premier curate helium would enactment hard to support cardinal Liberal programs, including nationalist dental attraction and pharmacare.

Battiste joins a crowded tract which besides includes erstwhile Bank of Canada politician Mark Carney, erstwhile concern curate Chrystia Freeland and House Leader Karina Gould.

The crowded tract besides includes erstwhile Montreal MP Frank Baylis and Nepean MP Chandra Arya arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Brampton Ruby Dhalla, whose past word successful national bureau ended backmost successful 2011.

In addition, governmental newcomer Michael Clark has besides thrown his chapeau successful the ring.

*With files from Global News