City councillor, social worker Tanille Johnston running for NDP leadership

An NDP shirt with various campaign pins is shown at the NDP Convention in Hamilton, Ont. on Friday, October 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

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OTTAWA - Tanille Johnston, a social worker and city councillor for Campbell River, B.C., has launched her bid for the federal NDP leadership.

A news release says Johnston is the first Indigenous woman to seek the party’s top job and that she's ready to bring "fresh energy and real progressive change" to the party and to Canada.

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