3 Indigenous candidates, 3 different parties and why they think voters should choose them – APTN News

Apr 23, 2025

When he’s not on the campaign trail, Métis NDP candidate Blake Desjarlais can be found at his campaign office which is located on a busy corner in the riding of Edmonton-Griesbach.

His NDP campaign signs are plastered to the windows and inside, workers are busy on the phones or organizing. The office smells of banana bread after a supporter dropped by with a gift.

Desjarlais, who is the incumbent, is smiling and ready to talk about the campaign.

“What I’m hearing in the campaign is a kind of silence from my opponents which tells a lot,” Desjarlais told APTN News. “It (says) that these two major parties, the Liberals and Conservatives just don’t care about Albertans and they take for granted the votes here.”

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