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	Joe Comartin joins race for NDP leadership
		Comartin, a 54 year old lawyer, declared his candidacy in a news conference at his family farm in Stoney Point, Ont. He represents the Windsor-St. Clair riding in the House of Commons.
		Comartin becomes the sixth candidate in the race to replace Alexa McDonough as party leader.
		Comartin was elected to Parliament in the 2000 federal election.
	www.cbc.ca /news/story/2002/08/13/comartin020813.html (1252 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Joe Comartin"
		Joe Comartin (born December 26, 1947 in Stoney Point, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician.
		Comartin stood as a candidate in the leadership of the NDP in 2003, and finished fourth.
		Following his vote in favor of Same-sex marriage in Canada in June 2005, Comartin was disciplined by Ronald Fabbro, the Roman Catholic bishop of London, Ontario, barring him from acting as a Catholic marriage counsellor until he has a "change of mind" on the use of the word marriage to describe same-sex unions.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=joe_%43omartin (229 words)

	Progressive Policy Canada
		Joe Comartin's campaign thus far is best summed up by this comment from an informed observer - "great MP but why is he running for leader?" Indeed, on the surface, Comartin's main claim to leadership fame seems to be chutzpah - it's certainly not a compelling new vision for the party.
		Comartin must be getting his statistics from the Iraqi Bureau of Propaganda because there is not a single credible source of information to back his statement up.
		Comartin also talks of the "slaughter of thousands of innocent men women and children", without explaining exactly how and why these people might be "slaughtered".
	www.progressivepolicy.ca /leadership/comartin.htm (663 words)

	Joe’s on the Job - Comartin MP
		Joe Comartin surprised almost everyone except himself and his loyal supporters during the last Federal election when he trounced Liberal incumbent Rick Limoges.
		According to Comartin, Canada is seeking alternatives to fossil fuels, major contributors to the warming of the planet.
		Comartin, who is bilingual, won a trip to France during last year’s Hospice Gala and finally took the trip this April.
	www.walkervilletimes.com /comartin.htm (760 words)

	CBC News - Indepth Backgrounder: NDP Leadership Race
		Born in Stoney Point, Ont. Joe Comartin is the MP for Windsor-St. Clair, one of a small, select group of New Democrats in the House of Commons.
		May 2001 - Was head of a fact-finding commission that examined if migrant workers in Leamington, Ont. were subjected to poor working conditions.
		A proponent of environmental issues, Comartin has strong ties to social activists and unionists.
	cbc.ca /news/features/ndp_leadership (2200 words)

	EIA
		Joe Comartin, MP and NDP Environment and Natural Resources Critic said today: “We need to know what other permits this person has signed and if they were lawfully issued.
		Joe Weasel Child, Land Claims Manager for the Siksika Nation said today: “Canada has an outstanding legal and treaty obligation to the Siksika Nation for a 26.5 square mile parcel of land at Castle Mountain, downstream of Fairmont’s planned business convention centre.
		Comartin wrote to Heritage Minister Sheila Copps on August 16th to urge her to issue an interim order to halt construction of Fairmont’s business convention centre at Lake Louise.
	www.eia-international.org /cgi/news/news.cgi?t=template&a=92&source= (734 words)

	on-Windsor-Tecumseh
		Joe Co's sturdy unionism is a bit of a party throwback, and proved to be no match for Layton glamour in his run for the NDP leadership--but by being there now (and joined by a by-elected neighbour), it likely means he's staying here in ahem Paul Martin Sr.'s old terrain.
		Joe Comartin was able to come through and steal the former Windsor-St. Clair in a bad year for the NDP.
		Comartin is high profile in Windsor and the rising NDP numbers would seem to indicate that the NDP are likely to keep most, if not all, of their current seats.
	www.electionprediction.org /2004_fed/riding/35101-windsor-tecumseh.htm (2257 words)

	Joe Comartin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Joe made sure that Lucie left his office knowing that she had a lawyer to fight for her and Tommy's memory, even though he had to battle a major American corporation-a high-profile battle that led Joe to sue Bendix in the United States.
		Joe's hard and determined campaigning was instrumental in guiding former MP Howard McCurdy and former MPP Wayne Lessard to election victories.
		As gratifying as Joe's election win of 2000 was, his work in helping Brian Masse end forty years of Liberal representation in Windsor West stands out as one of the highlights of Joe's political career.
	popups.ctv.ca /content/publish/popups/ndp_leadership/comartin_bio.html (836 words)

	Stephen Taylor - Conservative Party of Canada Pundit: Shame on Joe Comartin
		Enter Joe Comartin, the predicted spoiler of the whole affair.
		Comartin calls the process "a sham", because, the reason he gives, is that it does not go far enough.
		Comartin has tabled a motion planned to restrict the transparency of the process and may boycott the committee if it isn't passed.
	www.stephentaylor.ca /archives/000553.html (393 words)

	babble: Who will be the wisest babbler
		Comartin wasn't able to "pull" the new voters he'd sign up and perhaps wasn't able to get solid CAW support on the first ballot and Nystrom wasn't able to energize and pull the votes of what should have been his Saskatchewan base.
		If Joe and Lorne had been able to "pull" their votes the overall voter turnout would have been higher and Jack would have been down to about 40% or less on the first ballot.
		By the time the vote was coming up, no one was willing to put Comartin down on their ballot just because they were unwilling to face the wrath of Schmidt.
	www.rabble.ca /babble/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=next_topic&f=25&t=000269&go=newer (1002 words)

	Liberty is Good: Comartin vs. Catholicism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		So the the Joe Comartin thing is kind of annoying.
		Joe's experience may very well be related to the Catholic church he choses to attend.
		Besides, if Joe is anything like his buddy Svend, I'm sure he went through the effort of staging this thing in such a way as to maximize publicity.
	mostlyfree.blogspot.com /2005/07/comartin-vs-catholicism.html (391 words)

	35101 - Windsor-Tecumseh
		Joe Comartin may not be the best MP, but Jack Layton is reasonably well-liked due to his willingness to work with the government rather than play games.
		Comartin had 1 chance to make his vote count for Windsor Tecumseh and he blew it -and the CPC is letting it be known.
		Joe Comartin won back in 2000 when the NDP was polling at only half its current levels, so he should have no problem winning re-election.
	www.electionprediction.org /2005_fed/riding/35101-windsor-tecumseh.htm (6364 words)

	Edited Evidence * JUST * Number 051 (Official Version) - Committees of the House of Commons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Joe Comartin: This amendment, though, is not just with regard to this offence.
		Joe Comartin: But on my basic question, we have no indication from any attorney general that they are going to step up their end of it, because that's really where it has to be done, not at the federal level.
		Joe Comartin: On the duplication we have now--assuming we pass this bill and it becomes law--with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, is there some reason why we're not amending the Immigration Act to take those sections out and simply deal with this under the Criminal Code?
	cmte.parl.gc.ca /cmte/committeepublication.aspx?sourceid=130126 (8850 words)

	Bahai News -- The Silhouette - Hamilton Initiates Day of International Protest
		The line-up included Joe Comartin, NDP Member of Parliament for the Windsor/St. Clair and federal leadership candidate Joe Comartin, McMaster religious studies professor Graeme Macqueen, Burlington lawyer Hussein Hamdani, and McMaster biology professor George Sorger.
		Comartin recounted a trip he took through Iraq along with a group of politicians and media that visited various parts of the country.
		Comartin also pointed out problems with the racial profiling of Arabs and Muslims, which he felt was becoming the norm in Canada and the United States.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/2003/030123-2.html (671 words)

	Back Off Government!: Comartin Banned
		MP Joe Comartin has been barred from being allowed to participate in his local Church's activities for his support of Same Sex Marriage:
		Comartin had said he hoped that one day the Catholic Church would recognize same-sex marriages, noting the issue is about love and all couples being treated equally.
		But MP Joe Comartin is doing his best to spread that perception of Christianity in that quote above.
	backoffgov.blogspot.com /2005/07/comartin-banned.html (475 words)

	Comartin to lead Pride ride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Joe Comartin was raked across the coals by the Catholic church last summer for supporting same-sex marriage; this summer he'll sit at the head of Windsor's Pride parade.
		Comartin landed in the middle of a controversy last July when Bishop Ronald Fabbro of the London diocese punished him for supporting gay marriage.
		Comartin acknowledged not everyone is so open-minded, but was optimistic there aren't many of those people in Windsor.
	www.canada.com /windsorstar/news/story.html?id=f41948bb-a04d-4074-ac49-c5238dc3c3d1&k=71801&p=1 (532 words)

	MPs disciplined for same-sex vote :: The Catholic Register :: Canada's Catholic news source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While Windsor-Tecumseh MP Joe Comartin has been told by his bishop that he can no longer lead marriage preparation classes, Timmins James-Bay MP Charlie Angus and his family have stopped attending their local parish because they are angry that their pastor has suggested he would withhold Communion from Angus.
		Comartin had, besides leading marriage prep courses, been a eucharistic minister and altar server and was active in parish fund-raising.
		Comartin went on to say: "One of my visions is that some day my church will allow those couples (in marriage preparation) to not only be heterosexual but also to be homosexual.
	www.catholicregister.org /index.php?name=PagEd&topic_id=3&page_id=1124 (1025 words)

	NOW Magazine Online Edition:
		For his part, Comartin says his motivation is simple: he has looked at the field of candidates and concluded he's as good as any of them.
		Meanwhile, the Layton camp claims not to be worried about the danger of Comartin becoming a spoiler for their candidate, who was in Saskatchewan this week, where he picked up the support of Nettie Wiebe, former president of the National Farmers Union.
		One of the successes Joe Clark has had is that he has the experience of the House, and the media look to him for comment.
	www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2002-08-15/news_story5_p.html (885 words)

	Build the anti-war movement: vote Comartin
		Joe Comartin is the one candidate for the NDP leadership who has made the war a central plank of his campaign.
		Comartin’s campaign has been focussed, not on building bridges to the party establishment, but on building bridges to the anti-war movement and the Islamic community.
		But Comartin is a much more high profile candidate, and has made the war a central issue in a way that Meslo has not.
	www.web.net /sworker/En/SW2002/392-03-Comartin.html (730 words)

	MarriageDebate.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gerry Campeau, pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church where Comartin is a member, said the bishop's letter is to be mentioned from the pulpit at masses this weekend and copies will be handed to all attendees.
		Comartin's involvement with his church has included teaching a marriage preparation course with his wife -- an activity that will now be prohibited to him.
		Comartin said he has commiserated a number of times with Charlie Angus, NDP MP for Timmins-James Bay, who is also a devout Catholic and has been denied communion by his parish priest for his support of the same-sex marriage bill.
	www.marriagedebate.com /print.php?page=/2005/07/canadian-mp-in-trouble-with-church.htm (242 words)

	Canadian Catholic Bishop Disciplines Politician For Same-Sex Marriage Stance
		On June 28th Comartin, a Catholic and a marriage counselor in the London diocese, directly contradicted and defied established Church teaching when he spoke in favour of Bill C-38 during the debates in Parliament.
		Comartin is not to give marriage preparation sessions within this diocese, and that he is not to engage in any liturgical ministries, for example, minister of the Eucharist or reader,” said Fabbro.
		Comartin has a change of mind with regard to the moral status of homosexual activity and the use of the word ‘marriage’ with reference to some homosexual unions,” the letter continued.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2005/jul/05070703.html (721 words)

	Canadians for Justice - Index
		Joining me on the team are two fellow members of our federal NDP Caucus, Joe Comartin MP for Windsor West and Pat Martin, MP for Winnipeg Centre.
		Joe Comartin takes the federal government to task on its inaction since the World Conference Against Racism
		Joe Comartin (Windsor-St. Clair, NDP) : It has been over 750 days since Canada participated in the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, otherwise known as WCAR in Durban, South Africa.
	www.canadians4justice.ca (1071 words)

	CTV.ca - Ontario MP Joe Comartin joins NDP race- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Comartin, 56, joins fellow MPs Bill Blaikie of Manitoba, Lorne Nystrom of Saskatchewan, Toronto city councillor Jack Layton, Vancouver activist Bev Meslo and the party's associate president from Quebec, Pierre Ducasse, as declared candidates for the NDP leadership.
		As leader, Comartin said his priorities would include creating jobs to support national social programs such as health care, and make environmental protection a key government policy.
		Comartin said he wants to speak for the concerns of working Canadians who have become ignored by the NDP and other parties.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1029230341515_15/?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory (291 words)

	Oliver Kamm: New Democrats and Israel
		This was an integral part of Comartin's campaign, as the registration period required for a party member to be eligible to vote in the election was absurdly short - a matter of a few weeks.
		Comartin stated that: "There are elements in the NDP party that would prefer that we not deal with the issue of Palestine and the atrocities committed by the military of the Sharon government, that somehow we take a neutral position."
		I can only note with incredulity, and some distaste, that Comartin is now party spokesman on Multiculturalism, and on his official web site has the impertinence to link to the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and the Stockholm International Centre on the Holocaust.
	oliverkamm.typepad.com /blog/2003/08/new_democrats_a.html (695 words)

	Canada Terrorist Attacks: Sting Operation or Entrapment
		He's a member of the National Defence committee and others; and by Joe Comartin of the NDP, who is also the critic for public safety and himself a member of a number of committees of the commons including defence committee.
		JOE COMARTIN (NDP Public Safety Critic): Certainly with what has come out late yesterday afternoon and overnight, there's got to be some concern in particular with the number of youth that are involved in this, or at least alleged to be involved in this.
		COMARTIN: I think, Craig, up to this point from what we can see of the charges that have been laid, there's been no indication that they're going to invoke that part of the anti-terrorism legIslation to conduct any part of these proceedings in camera.
	www.globalresearch.ca /index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060606&articleId=2594 (1103 words)

	Capital News Online \| Top Story \| First we take the party, then we take the Hill
		Yet Comartin says he will not risk his personal credibility on a platform that promises the party can capture the seat of government.
		Comartin estimates that the party could take between 10 and 20 seats in Ontario.
		Comartin says making a market for the family farm is not the only way to create more income for farmers.
	www.carleton.ca /jmc/cnews/15112002/n4print.shtml (1334 words)

	Joe Comartin - Definition, explanation
		Joe Comartin (born 1947) is a Canadian labour lawyer and politician.
		A labour lawyer for the Canadian Auto Workers in Windsor, Ontario, Comartin enjoyed strong support from union members when he ran for a seat in the House of Commons, but narrowly lost in the 1997 general election and in a 1999 by-election.
		He won the seat in the 2000 election, becoming the first NDP Member of Parliament (MP) elected from Ontario in seven years.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/j/jo/joe_comartin.php (237 words)

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