There has been curiously little press attention paid to the Liberal winner of last week's Labrador by-election, Todd Russell. Sure, we all heard about his big win, but who really is this guy?
Lorne Gunter alerts us to a tidbit he found on the CanWest newswire from last week that should raise some eyebrows:
Todd Russell, the newest Liberal MP who won a seat this week in a Labrador, has an outspoken if not controversial past that includes several attacks on his new Liberal colleagues. As leader of the Metis nation, he's advocated "aggressive civil disobedience" against Ottawa, accused federal Indian and Northern Affairs minister Andy Scott of helping "extinguish" the Metis, criticized Justice Minister Irwin Cotler for ethnic "profiling" of his people and has supported arguments that government policies against his people are a form of "cultural genocide." Russell acknowledges his past, but says he has no plans to temper his message as he comes to Parliament Hill.
But guess what? According to Lorne's research, this article didn't appear in a single CanWest newspaper. Odd.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 5:49 PM
