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The Former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin met with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who is on a hunger strike since almost a month, at Victoria Island on Saturday, after which he commented that Spence is “an inspiration to all Canadians.” While addressing media after his visit, Martin alleged that “It was a very good meeting,” and that “she really is an inspiration.” He explained that “I just told her that … she’d become really an inspiration for all Canadians and that we were obviously concerned about her health and that she’s got to take care of herself.”
Martin is the former prime minister of Canada, who operated as PM from 2003 to 2006, and structured the Kelowna Accord between aboriginal organizations and the federal and provincial governments. Martin is not the first former prime minister to have shown support for Spence’s cause, as former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark met with Spence last week too. Clark stated, after the meeting with Spence, that he fears that Canada and its First Nations are headed in a “dangerous direction.”
Spence’s hunger strike has helped to initiate the widely spread Idle No More movement, i.e. an aboriginal rights movement spread across Canada and abroad. The movement has been supported by federal Opposition parties, several major unions, religious groups and academics. Due to the hunger strike Spence is only surviving on tea, fish broth, water and some vitamins as she has vowed not to eat anything solid until she meets with Harper to discuss aboriginal rights.
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