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Peggy A. Nash (born June 28, 1951) is a Canadian labour official and politician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Parkdale—High Park electoral district (riding) in Toronto, and was the Official Opposition's Finance Critic, in Canada's 41st parliament. Before becoming a parliamentarian, she worked as a labour official at the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW), where she became the first female to negotiate a major contract with one of the Detroit-based automobile corporations in 2005. She was first elected as the MP for Parkdale—High Park in the 2006 federal election. In the 2008 federal election, she was defeated in her re-election bid by Liberal candidate Gerard Kennedy. After her defeat, Nash ...
The way Peggy Nash fans – and there are many – see it is that she’ll be the compromise candidate. In the NDP leadership race, Brian Topp and Thomas Mulcair will be the front-runners. But their support will be limited because of their negatives. Mr. Topp has the handicap of having no experience as an elected politician, and Mr. Mulcair’s appeal will be limited because of his mercurial, adversarial nature.
In such a scenario, Ms. Nash could benefit from the preferential balloting system and come up the middle. That’s what Alison Redford, the recently crowned ...
OTTAWA—Toronto MP Peggy Nash will launch her campaign to become the next leader of the federal New Democrats on Friday.
Nash was coy Wednesday when asked about her announcement, expected at 9:30 a.m. at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto
“I’ll have comments on that in a few days, not today,” Nash told reporters following the weekly NDP caucus meeting on Parliament Hill. “I think one thing that I am focused on right now is what is happening in the global economy and wanting to do my job as finance critic.”
Nash will have to give up that finance critic post ...
Peggy Nash was born to be underestimated.
She’s a woman who speaks softly and has a sweet sense about her. She winces at the word, but she’s pretty. If she were an actress, she’d be cast as the lady with the lamp bending over a wounded soldier.
No threat here, surely. The MP for Parkdale-High Park and NDP finance critic sits in her Parkdale home with a cat in her lap and looks as if she wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Lana Payne knows different. The president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour has watched her friend grow both as a union activist and crack ...
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Peggy Nash wins Caretaker Of The Month - Harnesslink Peggy Nash wins Caretaker Of The MonthHarnesslinkCongratulations will go out tonight before first race at 6:45 pm at the Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park to the April 2013 Caretaker of the Month, Peggy Nash. Selected by the Florida Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association, Peggy ...
Van Loan chief of staff was on committee to select new PBO: sources - iPolitics.ca (subscription) Van Loan chief of staff was on committee to select new PBO: sourcesiPolitics.ca (subscription)We want someone who is independent and outspoken and who can do the job on behalf of Canadians,” NDP finance critic Peggy Nash said Tuesday. “It seems to have been very secretive compared with the process, say, with the governor of the Bank of ...
Mark Carney farewell parties cost taxpayers approximately $30000 ... - CTV News Mark Carney farewell parties cost taxpayers approximately $30000 ...CTV News"A $30,000 bill is significant," he said in an interview. "Something more modest would have been possible, particularly in tough economic times. It would have been a show of respect for the taxpayer." NDP finance critic Peggy Nash attended one of the ...