Family says Bill Blaikie, who served as NDP MP for nearly 30 years, diesWINNIPEG — Manitoba politician Bill Blaikie, who spent nearly 30 years as a member of Parliament with the federal New Democrats, has died. His son, NDP finance critic Daniel Blaikie, posted a family statement on social media saying his father died Saturday at home in the presence of his wife, Brenda. Bill Blaikie had announced publicly earlier this month that he was entering palliative care. Former NDP MP Pat Martin lauded Blaikie as the first to raise the issue of climate change in the House of Commons back in 1983. "The Blaikie family has been so good to us, on behalf of our movement we send you our deepest condolences."

Source: CBC News September 25, 2022 03:21 UTC