Family, friends honour life of late Winnipeg MP Jim Carr at memorial
Parliament member Kevin Lamoureux cited on Tuesday Carr’s final speech in the House last week when his private member’s bill passed through that chamber.In it, Lamoureux quoted Carr as saying that he loves Canada, “every square metre” of it, and thanked the people of his riding “without whose confidence this would never have been possible.”
“I know that we always had his support. His unwavering support for First Nations and trying to change this country, he is going to be missed. He was such a progressive thinker and dear friend,” said Cindy Woodhouse, Manitoba Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief.“That’s Jim’s spirit right there.
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