Québec solidaire (QS) on Tuesday presented five candidates from First Nations for the general elections of October 3.
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The list of five solidarity candidates was unveiled on the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21.
Among these candidates, the Cree author Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash will try to win the nomination in Ungava, while the Innu designer-idea maker Gérard Briand has been nominated as a candidate in Saint-Laurent.
For his part, the Innu author Michaël Ottereyes, from Mashteuiatsh will defend solidarity colors in Roberval and Jacques Thériault Watso, an Abenaki, in Nicolet-Bécancour.
Finally, child neuropsychologist Benjamin Gingras, member of the Anishnabe nation, will be a solidarity candidate in Abitibi-Est.
“On October 3, Québec solidaire will present a record number of applications from First Nations: that says more than any promise,” said Manon Massé, spokesperson for QS.
“It is time to build a true Nation-to-Nation relationship, with the self-determination of all peoples in this territory as a foundation,” added Mr.me Mass.