[URBAN NOTE] "Cheri DiNovo to run for federal NDP leadership"
If NDP Ontario MPP Cheri DiNovo were to run for the leadership of the federal party, as suggested by the CBC among others, this would indeed be notable. I like her, for the record.
A veteran member of the Ontario Legislature will become the first official candidate for leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
Multiple sources say Cheri DiNovo will declare her candidacy to replace Tom Mulcair as federal NDP leader in an announcement in her riding on Tuesday.
[. . .]
DiNovo is a champion of social justice issues, campaigning successfully to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to include gender identity and expression, and introducing a bill to give same-sex couples the same parental rights as male-female couples.
She also convinced the Liberal government to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as being work-related for police, firefighters and paramedics, after introducing four separate private member's bills over seven years.
A veteran member of the Ontario Legislature will become the first official candidate for leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
Multiple sources say Cheri DiNovo will declare her candidacy to replace Tom Mulcair as federal NDP leader in an announcement in her riding on Tuesday.
[. . .]
DiNovo is a champion of social justice issues, campaigning successfully to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to include gender identity and expression, and introducing a bill to give same-sex couples the same parental rights as male-female couples.
She also convinced the Liberal government to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder as being work-related for police, firefighters and paramedics, after introducing four separate private member's bills over seven years.