Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste

Long-term goals like reconciliation and fighting climate change can't get drowned out by tariff threats and other day-to-day concerns for Liberal leadership contenders, says candidate Jaime Battiste.

Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he doesn't want to see the issue of reconciliation continue to take backseat in the Liberal leadership race as has been the case in the first week since the entry deadline.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

January 29, 2025

The first Indigenous candidate for prime minister says his fellow running mates in the Liberal leadership race can’t afford to become "prisoners of the moment," running towards the day's most pressing concern while losing sight of his party’s long-term goals and commitme...

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