Canada’s first openly two-spirit candidate is elected to Parliament

Plus, Erin O'Toole's leadership is under fire.

Blake Desjarlais won the seat for Edmonton-Griesbach for the NDP with 40.5 per cent of the vote, becoming Canada's first openly two-spirit MP. Screenshot courtesy of Twitter

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BY Zainab Al-Mehdar

September 27, 2021

Blake Desjarlais has become Canada's first openly two-spirit MP, after winning the seat for Edmonton-Griesbach, Alta., for the NDP with 40.5 per cent of the vote. The newcomer and Alberta’s only Indigenous MP, Mr. Desjarlais took the seat from incumbent Conservative candidate

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