Category: Joe Byrne
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Public Power for Public Good
What makes New Democrats different from all the other political parties? It’s their willingness to use the power — the resources and the legislative authority — of government to do things which private enterprise is unable or unwilling to undertake. Call it ‘Public Power.’ New Democrats see government as a sort of large-scale co-op. The…
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Joe and Jagmeet on HOUSING
No one on our Island needs to be reminded that we have a housing crisis. Almost half (45% according to Statistics Canada) of us in Canada are worried about this issue — rising building costs and rising rent, but also basic availability of a place to live in decent conditions. Did you know that Canada…
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Joe & Jagmeet on AFFORDABILITY
Hard to imagine a news broadcast without the words “Trump” and “tariff” isn’t it? That’s what the media — and a lot of Liberal and Conservative campaign rhetoric — is full of. And yet the evidence is that the number-one, most real issue on most Canadians’ minds is actually affordability. How, we’re all saying, am…
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Who is Joe Byrne?
Joe Byrne is an interesting man, and truly a good man. He’s good in the sense of principled, compassionate and committed to community service, especially for those who find it hard to take advantage of the blessings most of us have here. He’s good, too, in the sense of effective: he is personally connected with…