{"id":104646,"date":"2017-05-30T03:52:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T07:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104646"},"modified":"2017-05-30T03:52:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T07:52:53","slug":"ndp-mp-leadership-hopeful-niki-ashton-says-shes-pregnant-pressing-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/30\/ndp-mp-leadership-hopeful-niki-ashton-says-shes-pregnant-pressing-on\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP MP, leadership hopeful Niki Ashton says she’s pregnant, pressing on"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manitoba MP Niki Ashton is expecting a baby in November, the NDP leadership hopeful announced Monday. (Photo: Niki Ashton\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA \u2014 Manitoba MP Niki Ashton is expecting a baby in November, the NDP leadership hopeful announced Monday.<\/p>\n

Ashton is one of six candidates seeking the party’s top job \u2014 a leadership race scheduled to wrap up in October, when rank-and-file members pick a successor to Tom Mulcair.<\/p>\n

And she has no plans to slow down, despite her pregnancy, she said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m happy to share the news that I’m expecting,\u201d Ashton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike millions of Canadian women I will carry on my work. This means continuing to reach out to New Democrats, activists and progressives across the country to build a movement for social, environmental and economic justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashton said she intends to visit B.C. and the Atlantic provinces in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

Her competitors in the race include Quebec MP Guy Caron, Ontario legislature member Jagmeet Singh, Ontario MP Charlie Angus, former veterans ombudsman Pat Stogran and B.C. MP Peter Julian.<\/p>\n

All six candidates participated in a debate Sunday in Sudbury, Ont.<\/p>\n

Five other debates are scheduled over the next several months: St. John’s, N.L, Saskatoon, Victoria, Montreal and Vancouver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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