Chief Marcel Head: Liberals should have known better than to override the democratic process in Desn

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Chief Marcel Head: Liberals should have known better than to override the democratic process in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River

I am a third-term Chief of the Shoal Lake First Nation, a long time Liberal party member and the recently elected president of the federal Liberal riding association in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River, Saskatchewan. Our riding is one of the largest in Canada. It covers over half of Saskatchewan. Its population is over half aboriginal.

This is one of the reasons I accepted the responsibility of deeper involvement in our party, standing for election as riding president.

Our executive wishes to proceed now to prepare for an open and fair nomination process, so that such a problem does not reoccur.

We want our riding to be able to play a role in the very necessary rebuilding and strengthening of the Liberal Party of Canada in Saskatchewan. We hope that those who have exercised power for many years in our party will accept our participation and hear our ideas for renewal and greater grassroots involvement. Working together, we believe that we can defeat the Harper government in the coming election and put our country on a better track for all of its citizens.

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