Interview: Native man runs for mayor

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2002

"I can already hear what some Winnipeggers would say if aboriginal mayoralty candidate Chris Henderson, 30, got elected this fall:

"Oh great. First a gay mayor, now an aboriginal mayor. Next it'll be a lesbian aboriginal mayor, and when that happens, I'm outta, here."

Yeah well, good riddance, Charlie.

I can remember when the idea of electing a gay mayor, or especially in this burg -- an aboriginal mayor -- would have shaken this city to its roots.

Obviously we're making progress, becoming a little more civilized, a little more open to the idea that if you've got the right brain for the job, the office can be yours.

And that of course, is as it should be. . ."

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