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- Left_Caucus abstract "The Left Caucus was an Ontario based left-wing pressure group within the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Ontario New Democratic Party from the late 1970s to early 1990s.The Caucus was formed several years after the demise of The Waffle, an earlier left-wing faction which had been forced to leave the NDP in the mid-1970s.It was formed by 150 to 200 members in the lead up to the NDP's 1979 federal convention to which it proposed a series of radical resolutions promoting greater public ownership of the economy and other socialist and left-wing measures. John Rodriguez, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt, was the leading spokesperson for the caucus. Another notable founding member of the Left Caucus was Ontario NDP MPP and future provincial finance minister Floyd Laughren.Rodriguez said the caucus different from the Waffle in that its ultra-left elements were a minor part and as it was willing to abide by the final resolutions of the convention, whether it agrees with them or not. However, Rodriguez warned that the Left Caucus would be outspoken if resolutions it favours passed the convention but were ignored by the party's leadership.The only one of the caucus' resolutions to be approved by the 1979 convention, however, was one protesting the jail sentence handed to Jean-Claude Parrot, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers for leading a wildcat strike.In 1981, the Left Caucus opposed Bob Rae's successful candidacy for the leadership of the Ontario NDP backing MPP Richard Johnston instead.Prior to the 1983 federal convention, the Left Caucus again pushed for the party to adopt an economic policy focussed on nationalization of industry and issued a document decrying \"the half-measures of a mixed economy\" and calling for \"a socialist industrial strategy based on public sector ownership of the decisive sectors of the economy.\" The caucus unsuccessfully opposed the adoption of a new \"statement of principles\" by the NDP in 1983 which watered down the party's commitment to socialism and the planned economy.In the mid-1980s the Caucus was involved with the Campaign for an Activist Party which attempted unsuccessfully to elect a slate led by Judy Rebick to the executive of the Ontario NDP.Simon Rosenblum, later a vice-president of the ONDP and chief of staff to provincial finance minister Floyd Laughren, was a leader of the caucus in the early 1980s and authored a resolution that called on an NDP government to utilise \"the central role of public ownership in the development of our primary resource industries\". By the end of the 1980s the Left Caucus was led by members of the \"Forward\" Group such as Gord Doctorow, Wayne Roberts, Harry Kopyto and George Ehring.The Caucus declined from 1990 to 1995 while the Ontario NDP was in government under Bob Rae with publication of the Left Caucus Newsletter ceasing in 1994. In 1993, leading Left Caucus members Harry Kopyto, Gord Doctorow and Lois Bedard organised an open letter signed by 11 party members including three dissident MPPs criticising the Rae government for being too close to corporate interests and alienating itself from labour.".
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- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Floyd_Laughren.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Gord_Doctorow.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Harry_Kopyto.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Jean-Claude_Parrot.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink John_Rodriguez.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Judy_Rebick.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Nationalization.
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- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Planned_economy.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Johnston_(politician).
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Socialism.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Socialist_League_(Canada).
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink State_ownership.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink The_Waffle.
- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLink Wayne_Roberts_(activist).
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- Left_Caucus wikiPageWikiLinkText "Left Caucus".
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- Left_Caucus subject Category:1979_establishments_in_Ontario.
- Left_Caucus subject Category:New_Democratic_Party_of_Canada.
- Left_Caucus subject Category:Political_movements_in_Canada.
- Left_Caucus subject Category:Political_party_factions_in_Canada.
- Left_Caucus subject Category:Socialist_parties_in_Canada.
- Left_Caucus hypernym Ontario.
- Left_Caucus type Agent.
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- Left_Caucus comment "The Left Caucus was an Ontario based left-wing pressure group within the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Ontario New Democratic Party from the late 1970s to early 1990s.The Caucus was formed several years after the demise of The Waffle, an earlier left-wing faction which had been forced to leave the NDP in the mid-1970s.It was formed by 150 to 200 members in the lead up to the NDP's 1979 federal convention to which it proposed a series of radical resolutions promoting greater public ownership of the economy and other socialist and left-wing measures. ".
- Left_Caucus label "Left Caucus".
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