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“Jagmeet, like many of B.C.’s newly elected MLAs, represents a new energy that is the future of our party. I’ve seen Jagmeet in action here in BC and watched him connect with people. Jagmeet is the leader our federal party needs,” said Ravi Kahlon, the MLA for Delta North, in a statement.

Here’s the full list of B.C. endorsements:

Ravi Kahlon, MLA Delta North

Judy Darcy, MLA New Westminster and former CUPE National President

Rachna Singh, MLA Surrey—Green Timbers

Bruce Ralston, MLA Surrey—Whalley

Anne Kang, MLA Burnaby—Deer Lake

Rob Fleming, MLA Victoria—Swan Lake

Lana Popham, MLA Saanich South

Harry Bains, MLA Surrey-Newton

Jane Jae Kyung Shin, Former MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed

Amandeep Singh, 2017 BC NDP Candidate Richmond-Queensborough

Bobby Deepak, 2017 BC NDP Candidate Prince George-Mackenzie.

July 11, 2017: Caron racks up endorsements ahead of Saskatoon debate

NDP leadership hopeful and Quebec MP Guy Caron will receive three endorsements Tuesday, in advance of the fifth leadership debate in Saskatoon.

The endorsements will come from longtime Saskatchewan NDP MP Lorne Nystrom, former Quebec NDP MP Rosane Doré Lefebvre and Lia Storey-Gamble, co-chair of the New Democratic Youth of Canada.

“What the NDP needs right now is someone who can bring the party together in every part of the country. Guy not only understands Quebec, but understands every part of the country,” Nystrom said in a news release.

Nystrom sat in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1993, and again from 1997 to 2004, when he was defeated by Andrew Scheer, now the Conservative Party leader. He sought the leadership himself in 1995 and 2003.

Lefebvre was elected in 2011 to the riding of Alfred-Pellan in Laval, Quebec.

“Guy is warm, authentic and understands progressive ideas inside and out. Guy has done his homework and is ready to lead,” she said in the release.

Caron said the three new endorsements “represent three generations of New Democrats from different parts of Canada.”

Last month, Quebec MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau endorsed Caron, the only sitting MP to support him to date.

He has also been endorsed by former Ontario MP Chris Charlton and former B.C. MP Jean Crowder.

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