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Jaime Battiste: A historic voice for Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s Parliament - The Turtle Island News

By Drake Lowthers, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Advocate When Jaime Battiste stood in the House of Commons for the first time, history was made. In 2019, the then Liberal MP for Sydney–Victoria became the first Mi’kmaq person, and the first Indigenous person, ever elected to Canada’s Parliament. Now serving Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish his inaugural victory was more than a political milestone – it was a moment of profound recognitio…
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The Turtle Island News broke the news in on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
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