Former MP says his brain cancer is terminal

OTTAWA — A former NDP member of Parliament says his brain cancer is terminal. Paul Dewar, who represented Ottawa Centre from 2006 until 2015, announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour but did not give details of his prognosis. Dewar now says that he was diagnosed with terminal Grade 4 glioblastoma — the same type of cancer that killed Gord Downie.

In an open letter, Dewar says the disease has given him a “new determination” to support young people’s aspirations, so he and several friends have founded an organization called “Youth Action Now.”