Former Quebec NDP MP Romeo Saganash charged with sexual assault in Winnipeg

OTTAWA-Winnipeg police say former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash has been charged with sexual assault. Police say they arrested Saganash on June 27 in relation to an allegation from May 1 in Winnipeg and the matter is now before the courts. Saganash represented the northern Quebec riding of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou from 2011 to 2019, serving as the Indigenous affairs critic. He has not responded to a request for comment The Canadian Press sent by email on Friday, but APTN, which first broke the news, reports he confirmed the sexual-assault charge to them. The federal NDP has not responded to a request for comment. Saganash had been one of the residential school survivors working with a national advisory committee for missing children and unmarked burials set up by the federal government and…

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