MP Robert Chisholm, former Nova Scotia party leader, joins NDP leaders race
Posted Oct 30, 2011 11:43:00 AM.
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HALIFAX – MP Robert Chisholm touted his experience as former leader of the NDP in Nova Scotia today as he announced he’ll be the eighth candidate running to lead the party at the federal level.
Premier Darrell Dexter and a group of provincial cabinet ministers attended the announcement at a Halifax restaurant to show their support for the MP for Dartmouth-Cole Habour.
Chisholm acknowledged in his campaign launch that he’s an underdog in the race to succeed former leader Jack Layton.
He quoted his former leader saying, “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.”
Chisholm led the NDP to a breakthrough in Nova Scotia’s 1998 election, when the party won 19 seats in the legislature and achieved opposition status.
The unilingual candidate says he’s started taking French courses and expects to learn the language, however he was only able to speak a few words of French in response to reporters’ questions.
