McKenna, Taman, and the fight for Ottawa Centre

NDP candidate Emilie Taman hopes to beat high-profile Environment Minister Catherine McKenna in Ottawa Centre, but it's going to be tough.

NDP candidate Emilie Taman, pictured on Sept. 24, 2019, door-knocking in Ottawa Centre. Ms. Taman wans to unseat one of the most high-profile Liberal MPs, Catherine McKenna, in the riding once held by NDP star Paul Dewar, who died earlier this year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

September 30, 2019

OTTAWA CENTRE—Five candidates vying for the federal seat in Ottawa Centre, all women, sit across three holding tables in the Glebe Community Centre on Sept. 15. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, 48, is in the centre, the hue of her bright red jacket accentuated...

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