Nash wants Northern communities back on the national agenda, releases multi-prong plan
Sudbury / February 5, 2012 – As she arrived in Sudbury to take part in a candidates’ debate, Peggy Nash, MP (Parkdale—High Park) and NDP leadership candidate, released a plan today entitled “Supporting, Protecting, and Respecting Canada’s North”.
“Families and communities in the North are struggling,” said Nash. “There are too many smart solutions for this to be about anything other than government inaction.”
From creating jobs and improving local economies to increasing access to water, education, and health care services, Nash’s plan also advances concrete proposals on housing for Aboriginal communities, saving the rail, and protecting the environment.
“Crisis after crisis in Canada’s North has been ignored by successive Liberal and Conservative governments,” said Nash. “There is no reason we shouldn’t do better.”
“My leadership is about proving it is possible to build a strong economy while protecting our environment, natural resources, and supporting families and communities with smart social policy.”
“Doing so with an eye to the North is crucial. Northerners deserve no less.”
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