Québec solidaire (QS) has announced that Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash will run for the party nomination to ride in Ungava due to the general election to be held on October 3. The announcement was made on Sunday by two party spokesmen, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Manon Massé, at the Phi Center in Montreal.
Si Ms. Labrecque-Saganash, the son of former MP Romeo Saganash, is an author, Indigenous rights activist and member of the Cree Nation. If she wins the party nomination and is then elected next October, she will be the first Indigenous woman elected to the National Assembly.
He has been an activist for many years for Indigenous rights, people’s self -determination and social justice.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois indicated Maïtée Labrecque-Saganash is a longtime accomplice […] and I am so happy to find him again to continue the fight for a fairer, more inclusive Quebec. According to him, Ms. Labrecque-Saganash has everything it takes to be an MP.
Maïtée was a woman of her word, a woman of faith and she was a model of social participation.explained Manon Massé in a press release.
Ms. is also happy. Massé in the area given by the party to First Nations candidates for the next election in Quebec. eligible member of the Eeyou country, [Mme Labrecque-Saganash] adds to our group of native candidates who have already invested. After an Anishnabé member Benjamin Gingras who will present himself at Abitibi-Est and an Innu from Mashteuiatsh Michael Ottereyes in Roberval, others will follow in the coming weeks. This is not heard in Quebec! I’m so proud of it he says.
Today, I am taking a step for my community. There are battles to be waged in the National Assembly for Aboriginal nations. As the son of someone who survived the residential school genocide, I am forced to stand up for a government that despises indigenous peoples and refuses to acknowledge systematic racism.Ms. recalled. Labrecque-Saganash.
I present myself as an aboriginal woman, but also as a resident of the North. National crises such as among health personnel, housing and teachers also exist in Nord-du-Québec and are intensifying even more.he says.
What is happening this morning is a beautiful moment in the history of our party. I am convinced that Maïtée will be elected on October 3, and Québec solidaire will crush another glass ceiling, by having the first Indigenous woman in Québec history elected.said Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
I am proud of my friend. It takes a lot of courage to make a choice of political commitment. Especially when you know what this means in 2022 for women, specifically Indigenous women, with social media full of hatred and discrimination. Maïtée has this courage and I think it’s amazingbati ni mr. Nadeau-Dubois.
Source: Radio-Canada
