Former NDP MP Romeo Saganash faces charge of sexual assault

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Mr. Saganash represented the Quebec electoral riding of Abitibi‐Baie‐James‐Nunavik‐Eeyou from 2011 to 2019

Former NDP MP Romeo Saganash is expected to appear in a Winnipeg courtroom on Tuesday after being charged with sexual assault.

An employee at the provincial courthouse in Winnipeg confirmed the charge faced by Mr. Saganash, who represented the Quebec electoral riding of Abitibi‐Baie‐James‐Nunavik‐Eeyou from 2011 to 2019. APTN was the first to report on Mr. Saganash’s charge on Friday. The news outlet said he confirmed that he had been charged.Winnipeg Police have not provided further information about the charge.

While serving as an NDP MP, Mr. Saganash, a Cree lawyer and a residential school survivor, was his party’s Indigenous affairs critic, working on issues including legislation on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Mr. Saganash is also no longer serving on a committee at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation , based in the Manitoba capital.

A spokesperson for the centre said Friday that Mr. Saganash was previously a member of a circle of residential school survivors offering advice on missing children and unmarked burials to a committee administered by the centre and the federal government.

 

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