Katy Austin : New Democrats

Simcoe Grey was well represented at the recent NDP Leadership Convention, with 14 our members in attendance. Here are some of their comments:
Roland Gosselin (Thornbury): “The NDP party members are the most patient of any party I know. The quality of the candidates was astonishing. I liked the way the defeated candidates […]

Congratulations to both Dalton McGuinty and Andrea Horwath! By listening to each other and to the will of the people, and by compromising their positions, they are making the minority government in Ontario work. The NDP used their strategic position as the holder of the balance of power to gain a few concessions for social […]

Katy Austin speaks to the riding of Simcoe-Grey in 2007

Katy Austin standing up for the people fighting to stop Dump Site 41 from destroying nature’s supply of pristine water, and polluting the largest group of fresh water lakes.

What do the recent cutbacks to EI benefits, the disclosure that many wealthy Canadians are avoiding paying their share of taxes, and RBC’s outsourcing of jobs have in common? They all answer the question asked by Thomas Walkcom in Monday’s Star : Whom does the Harper Government’ s economic approach serve? The answer is: profitable […]

The ghosts of great Progressive Conservatives must be rolling in their graves when they see what the Harper government has done to Canadian politics.
What would the likes of John Diefenbaker, Robert Stanfield and John Robarts, all honourable politicians, be thinking today? Dismissing the seriousness of the “robo-calls” scandal is just the latest in a long […]

On February 27, 2011, three local federal NDP candidates (left to
right) - Myrna Clark (Barrie), Richard Banigan (Simcoe-North), & Katy
Austin (Simcoe-Grey) - met to discuss ideas. The discussion included a
broad range of issues of concern to Canadians including the economy
and employment, health care, pensions, the environment, and social
justice.

(Photo credit: M.McKnight)