Canada Without Poverty is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Broadbent, P.C., C.C., Ph.D.,  as Canada Without Poverty’s first Honorary Director. 

Ed Broadbent’s distinguished career has spanned academia, civil society and politics.  Born in Oshawa in 1936, Mr. Broadbent graduated first in his class in philosophy at the University of Toronto in 1959, undertook postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics, and obtained his doctorate in political science at the University of Toronto in 1966.  As an undergraduate at the U of T, he obtained his commission as a member of the RCAF reserve.  He has lectured at, and/or been a Fellow of, many universities including McGill, Harvard and Oxford, is currently a Fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, and is the recipient of a number of honorary degrees. 

First elected to Parliament in 1968, Mr. Broadbent became Leader of the federal NDP in 1975.  Under his leadership through 1989, the NDP reached record party popularity and, for the party, a record number of seats in the 1988 federal election.  Following a 14-year absence from elected office, Mr. Broadbent returned to Parliament in 2004-2006 for the riding of Ottawa Centre.

An expert on economic and social rights, Mr. Broadbent was the founding President of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (now Rights and Democracy).  He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1982, an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993 and a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2002.

Founded in 1971 as the National Anti-Poverty Organization, Canada Without Poverty is a charitable, non-partisan organization working in alliance with the CWP Advocacy Network to eradicate poverty in Canada by promoting income and social security for all Canadians, and by promoting poverty eradication as a human rights obligation.  Canada Without Poverty pursues this mission through education, research and direct service delivery.

Rob Rainer
Executive Director / Directeur executif
CANADA WITHOUT POVERTY / CANADA SANS PAUVRETÉ
Working in alliance with the CWP Advocacy Network
Travaillant en alliance avec le Réseau de revendication CSP

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