Meet Canada’s first Innu MP, the Bloc’s Bernard Cleary

'Bernard, you're doing a fantastic job for aboriginals, but you're in the wrong place': Parizeau

Prior to the 1997 Quebec election, former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau recognized Bernard Cleary's lifelong work on Quebec aboriginal issues and approached him to join the Parti Québécois and run for a seat in the Quebec National Assembly.

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