Longtime NDP MP Svend Robinson considers new run in Burnaby riding

Former New Democrat stalwart Svend Robinson says he’s strongly considering a return to federal politics.
Robinson says that these are challenging times for the party and if he decides to run in Burnaby North—Seymour, he hopes it helps the candidate in the next riding over — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Svend Robinson in Richmond Tuesday September 10, 2013.
Robinson, 66, represented the Vancouver-area riding of Burnaby for 25 years and until 2004, when he admitted he stole a diamon