Nunavik MP Bérubé says she will seek 3rd term
Announcement comes as Bloc party leader says he will work to bring down minority Liberal government
Nunavik Bloc Québécois MP Sylvie Bérubé announced Wednesday she will stand for re-election, as her party bids to topple the incumbent Liberal government.
Bérubé has represented the riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou — geographically Quebec’s largest electoral constituency — since 2019.
“We have achieved a lot, but there is still much to do,” she said in a French news release announcing her plan to run.
Bérubé was re-elected to a second term in 2021.
At a news conference Tuesday, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet announced he will work with other opposition parties to bring down the minority Liberal government.
The Bloc set an Oct. 29 deadline for the Liberals to meet its demand to support two private member’s bills, regarding supply management in trade talks and raising old age security payments for people over 75.
Otherwise, the Bloc would work to bring down the minority government.
The deadline passed without action.
The next federal election is scheduled for October 2025,
In announcing her bid for re-election after securing the party’s nomination, Bérubé pointed to several achievements.
She said she worked closely with municipalities and Indigenous communities to address concerns like health-care services, education and infrastructure improvements.
Bérubé said she also called on the federal government to apologize for the 1950s dog killings in Nunavik, and demanded it offer financial compensation.
Since being elected, Bérubé has visited Nunavik twice after dealing with travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Her first visit was in 2022 to the region’s smallest community, Aupaluk. She landed in the morning and left the same day.
In January, Bérubé visited Kuujjuaq, where she spent three days discussing topics like climate change and Inuit government with Nunavik leaders.
Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout is also seeking re-election. She was officially nominated as the party’s candidate in October 2023.
Who?
Why would Nunavik be recognized a Inuit territory by Feds and yet refused to give this region a seat at the Hill? Colonialism never fades, Kimosabi and Tonto are alive and well.
It has a seat. You mean a separate seat from the Cree? Then why wouldn’t the Cree get one too? And every other First Nations?
The demographics don’t support making a separate seat for Nunavik. Give it a few years though, given how many kids are born.