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Peggy Nash: a Thatcher for the left?
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Nov 02, 2011 08:26am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Lawrence Martin |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 2, 2011 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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.
Women are on a roll in Canadian politics. Along with Alberta, women have the premierships in British Columbia, Newfoundland and Nunavut. Sheila Copps is likely to be soon elected president of the Liberal Party.
Ms. Nash, a 60-year-old veteran of the labour movement who’s in her second stint as a federal MP, hopes to continue the trend. “She’s the Margaret Thatcher of the left,” one of her supporters offered dreamily. “That’s what the country needs.” |
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