Earlier today, Bob Rae announced he will be stepping down from his House of Commons seat as Toronto Centre MP.
In a statement, Rae said he was stepping down on July 1st as MP to focus on working
as a negotiator with the Matawa Tribal Council as they deal with the
Ontario government on the issue of the Ring of Fire mining development
in Northern Ontario.
“How positive that impact could be has yet to be determined and will
depend on the outcome of the discussions that are now under way and will
only intensify in the time ahead,” he said.
Rae, a former NDP provincial premier in Ontario, ran for the Liberal
leadership in 2006 and lost. He then ran in the 2008 election for the
Liberals and won his Toronto Centre riding.
He took over as interim leader of the Liberal party after academic
Michael Ignatieff resigned following the party’s disastrous showing in
the 2011 federal election.
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CBC]
