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	Ed Broadbent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Broadbent gave a passionate plea for a resolution, unanimously adopted by the House of Commons, committing the Government of Canada to end Poverty for Canada's children by the year 2000.
		Broadbent led a mission of Nobel Peace Laureates to Thailand to appeal for the release of Aung San Sui Kyi.
		Broadbent was a member of the panel of experts on the popular International Tribunal on Rights in Haiti, and continues to act as international advisor to Haiti's Truth Commission.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /Current/P7/ed.html (424 words)

	Paul Martin Time: Paul Martin shifting Liberals to the Right: Broadbent
		Broadbent, NDP leader from 1975 to 1989, led the party to its strongest national showing ever with 43 seats in the 1988 federal election.
		Broadbent says a pitch from NDP Leader Jack Layton helped get him back in politics but maintains he has no interest in campaigning nationally, instead preferring to stick to his Ottawa constituency.
		Broadbent's candidacy in Ottawa Centre - a mix of university students, working-class families, new Canadians and well-off bureaucrats - sets the stage for a major showdown in the next election.
	paulmartintime.ca /mediacoverage/000126.html (722 words)

	Queen's Journal - Broadbent speaks about globalization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ed Broadbent, former NDP leader, says globalization has not had the effects it promised.
		Broadbent was the leader of the federal New Democratic Party from 1974 to 1989 and Director of the International Centre for Human Rights from 1989 to 1996.
		Broadbent also proposed an international response through a social human rights clause in the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement that would ensure that domestic law is consistent within the organization.
	www.queensjournal.ca /article.php?point=vol131/issue20/news/story3 (883 words)

	CTV.ca \| Ed Broadbent won't seek re-election
		Broadbent, 69, told a news conference Wednesday that his wife's declining health was the paramount reason for his decision.
		Broadbent returned to federal politics last year, compelled to end his 15-year retirement, he said, by the need to fight Canada's drift to the political right.
		Broadbent praised Layton for reaching a forced budget deal with the Liberals and said that because of that agreement, he expects the NDP to gain more seats in the next election.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1115220578203_13?hub=CTVNewsAt11 (599 words)

	WEDNESDAY NIGHT SALON #725 Ed Broadbent By Sam Totah
		Ed Broadbent Ed Broadbent --we had as principal guests: Messrs.
		Specially “Ed” standing up --he rarely spoke sitting down-- vs. his political adversaries at the time: Messrs.
		Broadbent for his presence and that of his Human activist group he is representing.
	www.geocities.com /davidnicholson_99/Wed725sam.htm (872 words)

	© the eyeranian: Ed Broadbent, MP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ed Broadbent has won the NDP nomination to run in the Ottawa Centre riding for Canada's next federal election to be held sometime this...
		Ed Broadbent, MP It was all a rather dull day until I got the news in my inbox.
		Ed Broadbent has won the NDP nomination to run in the Ottawa Centre riding for Canada's next federal election to be held sometime this spring.
	www.eyeranian.net /2004/01/26,712.shtml (838 words)

	Douglas-Coldwell Foundation - Federal NDP Leaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born to an autoworker's family in Oshawa in 1936, Broadbent studied at the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics before joining the political science department at York University in 1965.
		In the 1988 federal general election campaign, Broadbent again led New Democrats in a campaign that gained 43 seats in the House of Commons, the largest ever to represent the New Democratic Party.
		Ed Broadbent retired as leader in December 1989 and went on to become the founding President of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development.
	www.dcf.ca /federalndp?pg=10 (250 words)

	Queen's Journal - Broadbent considers what's left on campus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1974, Broadbent succeeded David Lewis as leader of the NDP, and it was under his leadership that the NDP received its greatest support in the House of Commons.
		Edward Broadbent retired as leader of the NDP in December of 1989 and was succeeded by Audrey McLaughlin.
		Ed Broadbent was himself a student activist while attending the University of Toronto and then the London School of Economics.
	www.queensjournal.ca /article.php?point=vol130/issue18/features/lead3 (1169 words)

	CTV.ca \| Ed Broadbent confirms return to politics
		Ed Broadbent is coming out of political retirement to try and reverse what he calls an alarming shift to the right in Canadian politics.
		Broadbent, who resigned as leader of the New Democratic Party 14 years ago, announced his intention to run for his old party in the riding of Ottawa Centre, where he lives with his wife Lucille.
		Broadbent set his sights firmly on newly-crowned Prime Minister Paul Martin, who he blames for starting Canada down a road of deepening inequality thanks to his excessive zeal in attacking federal budget deficits in the 1990s.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1071671722627_8?hub=Canada (806 words)

	NDP - Ottawa Centre
		Ed Broadbent was a Member of Parliament for 21 years, and leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada from 1975 to 1989.
		Broadbent was made a member of the Privy Council in 1982, and Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993 and a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2002.
		Broadbent says that the attack on the public services, actually virtually anything associated with “government”, combined with the worship of the market, has been the source of this inequality.
	www.ottawacentre.org /en/Pages/nw/eb.htm (1154 words)

	Peace, order and good government, eh?: Ed's in (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Broadbent wins Ottawa NDP nominationFormer NDP leader Ed Broadbent cleared the first big hurdle on the road to his political comeback tonight, as party members in a downtown riding chose him as their candidate for the next federal election.
		Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent cleared the first big hurdle on the road to his political comeback tonight, as party members in a downtown riding chose him as their candidate for the next federal election.
		Broadbent, 67, won the Ottawa Centre nomination, defeating Paul Dewar, a teacher and union representative.
	www.pogge.ca /archives/000134.shtml (189 words)

	ARTLOG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ED Broadent, former leader of the Federal NDP and a candidate for the next federal election in Ottawa.
		After Ed Broadbent pointedly spoke out against an insidious piece of federal legislation coming up which will affect freedom of expression, he made supportive remarks to those in the room about the City of Ottawa's 'slashing' of the arts and heritage budget and the cuts to cultural funding".
		Broadbent will speak, Art Attack, will raise money to continue the campaign while ensuring artists and the general public are informed about the issue and how to best protest the cuts.
	www.artengine.ca /~artlog/archive/2004_02_22_stuff.html (877 words)

	(Not) a leadership challenge - Ed Broadbent: A Voice from the Left - CBC Archives
		Ed Broadbent, entre le coeur et la raison
		Then Broadbent is dealt another blow when NDP Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney and Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley hold news conferences behind his back.
		According to the Globe and Mail of July 2, 1983, "one MP publicly acknowledged that he had seriously considered challenging the leadership of Ed Broadbent and another said he was approached but flatly refused." Both were MPs: Saskatchewan's Doug Anguish and B.C.'s Nelson Riis.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-1580-10674/politics_economy/ed_broadbent/clip6 (536 words)

	Surprising To Whom? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		According to [former leader of the NDP party] Ed Broadbent, the "welfare state" made Canada "number one" in the United Nations' eyes, whereas "laissez-faire economics...
		Broadbent's so-called "social and economic rights" consists of granting to some the right to rule and loot others.
		Broadbent claims that the welfare state is the "supreme democratic achievement of the North Atlantic region." It was Germany's Bismarck who created welfare statism in the 1880's, which marked the beginning of the end of laissez-faire capitalism's decades of unprecedented world peace and skyrocketing prosperity.
	www.capitalism.org /glennw/letters3/wlefare_state_ed_broad.htm (268 words)

	Ed Broadbent is back and running in Ottawa Centre
		Ottawa - Ed Broadbent, who led the New Democratic Party to a record 43 seats in his last election in 1988, is back in the federal political fray.
		Although the Liberals have won the riding by wide margins in elections dating back to the mid-1980s, Broadbent has already jumped into a visible early "lawn sign lead", and he is far better known than any of the other candidates on the ballot.
		If Broadbent does win, it will be a boon not only for the NDP but also for public sector workers in general.
	www.nupge.ca /news_2004/n25my04b.htm (326 words)

	The Hegemo's Creative Class Warfare: Ed rides again?
		The Globe & Mail this morning is reporting that former NDP leader Ed Broadbent is planning to return to federal politics, running for the New Democrats in Ottawa Centre.
		So if Ed could pull this off, it would not only be a good step for the NDP in restoring a federal base in Ontario, it would be a major slap in the face to Paul Martin, which brings its own appeal.
		Broadbent is well-known (I suppose...he has been out of politics for ten years, which means a generation of voters have come up since he left.
	thehegemo.blogspot.com /2003/12/ed-rides-again.html (473 words)

	Broadbent returns to House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent achieved a remarkable political comeback last night, comfortably winning Ottawa Centre and setting the stage for a triumphant return and, likely, a dominant role in the House of Commons.
		Broadbent coming out of political retirement to take on Richard Mahoney, a close associate of Prime Minister Paul Martin, the battle in Ottawa Centre was one of the most anticipated races in the election.
		"Ed is a bit like the patron saint of the NDP and he will be a very powerful and visible force for the party in a minority government," Mr.
	www.canada.com /national/features/decisioncanada/story.html?id=bf4a113c-9555-4f6c-8e9f-a0b4d91c8596 (644 words)

	From Oshawa to Ottawa - Ed Broadbent: A Voice from the Left - CBC Archives
		Ed Broadbent's socialist leanings weren't bred in the bone.
		Through high school Broadbent was an excellent student interested in current affairs, but it was his university experience that prompted him to declare himself a democratic socialist.
		• John Edward Broadbent was born in Oshawa, Ont., on March 21, 1936, to Percy and Mary Broadbent.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-1580-10672/politics_economy/ed_broadbent/clip1TEST (664 words)

	Straight Goods - Canada's independent, reader supported on-line source of news you can use
		MONTREAL: Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent and Canadian historian Desmond Morton were surprised to learn last January that they were hosting a conference.
		Broadbent says that, along with a small team of volunteers, he and Morton have put together an agenda of "crucial" topics for social democrats: political citizenship, social citizenship, and the role of a market economy.
		Broadbent says that extra-parliamentary activists have always played a strong role in shaping democratic politics.
	www.straightgoods.com /item447.shtml (1021 words)

	BlogsCanada: E-Group - Some electoral history courtesy of Ed Broadbent
		Broadbent knows that a class of polisci students love this kind of thing and I figured readers of this blog would as well.
		Broadbent pointed out that in 1968, ballpoint pens were not as ubiquitos as they are today.
		Broadbent commented that had he not won that election he very well might have ended up as a full time professor and not in politics.
	www.blogscanada.ca /egroup/PermaLink.aspx?guid=2d23a07d-7d9a-4980-835b-12623d576ac0 (341 words)

	580 CFRA - News Talk Radio
		Broadbent made the announcement citing family reasons "Some of you have been aware that my wife Lucille, has had intensified health problems since Christmas.
		Broadbent commented on the deal by saying "New money for housing, new money for post secondary education, new money for the environment, new money for foreign aid, God bless us.
		Broadbent adds he expects the NDP to win Ottawa-Centre and gain more seats in the House of Commons in the next election.
	www.cfra.com /headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=27577 (256 words)

	CBC News: Broadbent to quit politics to care for ailing wife
		OTTAWA - Ed Broadbent, the former NDP leader who returned to politics as a member of Parliament last year, says he won't run in the next federal election because of his wife's ailing condition.
		Broadbent, whose voice cracked when he spoke about his wife, said he made the decision 10 days ago and refused to detail his wife's illness.
		Broadbent returned to university life in 1996 as a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/05/04/Broadbent_050504.html (418 words)

	on-Ottawa Centre
		Ed Broadbent is the kind of politician longed for by Canadians, as he was "most trusted leader" consistently in polls in the '80's, and was the staunchest opponent of NAFTA.
		Broadbent at 47%, Mr Mahoney at 27% and Mr.
		Ed's campaign might have wanted to add a few more luminaries to the list of Joe Clark who wants to see him elected...a bit silly to draw endorsements from compliments, but that is far from the worst sin I have seen in politics.
	www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/35062-ottawa-centre.htm (7177 words)

	Political Forums -> Pierrre Bourque's "Gumdrops"
		BTW, Broadbent was born in 1936, Martin in 1938 and Mulroney in 1939.
		As Broadbent said when he launched his campaign, he is 2 years older in age than Martin, but 20 years younger in ideas.
		Broadbent taking Ottawa Centre will be quite a symbolic victory, as it is the riding that includes the Parliament buildings, or immediately due South of them.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1332 (541 words)

	babble: Broadbent seriously ponders political comeback, decision due this week
		Broadbent will announce he is seeking the nomination to run in the downtown riding of Ottawa Centre...
		We can't lose by having Ed on board given that he is so universally respected and is seen as a bridge to the good old days when the NDP could count on 20% opf the vote not 10%.
		Ed says that people are stopping him on the street and telling him how pleased they are to see him back in the game.
	www.rabble.ca /babble/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=25&t=000522&p= (5186 words)

	Broadbent, Layton and Mills
		Young and impressionable, I considered Broadbent an intellect because he was a professor at York University.
		Broadbent may not remember how we came to meet.
		Broadbent and Pilkey were so impressed with the Whitby Free Press that they came up with an idea to get the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) to financially support it.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2004/edesk011904.htm (916 words)

	Paul Martin Time: Opening on the left
		Ed Broadbent, the NDP warhorse, sees the Liberal shift to the right as leaving a huge void for his party to fill
		Broadbent's suggestion is that not enough of it was reinvested in social programs.
		Broadbent shares the general bewilderment at Martin's failure to heal the wounds of the Liberal leadership campaign by keeping both Copps and John Manley on board.
	paulmartintime.ca /mediacoverage/000203.html (843 words)

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