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After months of speculation, Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian announced he’ll be running in this fall’s NDP leadership race to replace Tom Mulcair. During a 20-minute speech at The Columbia on Sunday, Julian shared his vision for Canada, one where “everyone matters and no one is left behind.” “The loss of so many good jobs, the fraying of the social safety net, record levels of family debt and homelessness; we can do better and the NDP can bring change,” he told the 200-plus-person crowd. “It’s time to make the priority regular folks rather than the rich and the well-connected.” Julian, 55, said he’d tackle the inequality gap between the “top one per cent” and the majority of Canadians by ending tax breaks for the wealthy and shutting down tax havens and “sweetheart deals.” “No matter how wealthy, no matter how well connected, everyone pays their fair share of taxes,” he said, to a round of applause. The MP also touched on creating a national housing strategy and ending tuition fees in order to strengthen the economy. Julian said the latter is a fundamental issue to the young voters he’s chatted with and is a cause he thinks many will champion. “Younger Canadians have been pushed aside more than other Canadians by what Continued on page 6
LAUNCH PAD New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian delivers his leadership bid speech to a large crowd of family, friends and NDP supporters. The longtime MP is the first candidate to enter the federal NDP leadership race to replace outgoing leader Tom Mulcair. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
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Students in New Westminster with precarious immigration status or no immigration status at all are one step closer to an educa-
tion without fear of deportation. Trustees approved a draft sanctuary schools policy at an education policy and planning committee meeting last week.The New Westminster Sanctuary
Schools policy intends to make the district a safe and welcoming place for all students, no matter their immigration status. The draft policy, which will be officially presented to the board of education later
this month, is the result of nearly a year’s work by staff, trustees and stakeholders on the district’s sanctuary schools task force. “I very much support the policy,” trustee Casey Cook told the Record.
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