Stephen Lewis, Former Politician and Social Activist, Dies at 88

Stephen Lewis, Former Politician and Social Activist, Dies at 88
Former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis speaks during the 2016 NDP federal convention in Edmonton, Alta., on April 9, 2016. The Canadian Press/Codie McLachlan
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Former politician and longtime Canadian social activist Stephen Lewis has died.

Lewis, Canada’s former ambassador to the United Nations and one-time leader of the NDP in Ontario, was 88.