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Brian Topp

Last week I got an invitation from Pat Atkinson to meet NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp at Amigo’s Cantina last night.  I have always been fascinated by NDP leadership races, partly because they make absolutely no sense to me and I never know what is going to happen on the convention floor.  (yeah I just [...]

History on the Run: The Media and the ‘79 Election by Peter Raymont

End Child Poverty

Ed Broadbent is speaking out on child poverty Why is it that Finland, Sweden and Denmark have almost wiped out child poverty, and we have not? Why do more than 600,000 Canadian kids wake up hungry and go to school trying to read, write and think on an empty stomach? First, we should have no [...]

Tax on wealthy to fight child poverty

Ed Broadbent is calling on a tax increase to fight child poverty Broadbent, 73, said increasing their taxes from 29 per cent to 35 per cent would put billions more toward eliminating child poverty, increasing the amount spent by $3.7 billion. “With just that single move we would double the amount given for the national [...]