Sarah Jama is an Independent candidate running to be the member of provincial Parliament in Hamilton Centre this general election.
Hamilton NDP riding association wants review of Marit Stiles's leadership after party won't let Sarah Jama run | CBC News LoadedThe Hamilton-Centre NDP riding association criticized the Ontario NDP for blocking Sarah Jama from contesting the nomination. The association's leadership also questioned one of the people approved to run for the nomination.
Jama was a well-known housing and disability activist before she won a March 2023 byelection, running as the NDP candidate in Hamilton Centre with 54 per cent of the votes. Party leader Marit Stilesin October 2023 following an uproar over comments she made in support of Palestinians after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel earlier that month.
"I think that democracy looks like everyone in Hamilton Centre being able to select who they want their candidates to be across parties and I think that process didn't happen," she said.As of Tuesday, the party has two candidates approved to contest the nomination in Hamilton centre: Aisha Jahangir and Dr. Robin Lennox, Beaulieu said, describing them as "health care workers with strong roots in the community.
"I am running for the NDP nomination in the upcoming provincial election in order to continue to advocate for our community at a time when we desperately need a change in governance," Lennox said in a statement to CBC Hamilton, noting her experience as a "front-line physician," who "witnessed the increasing harm," caused by government policies.
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