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Bootcamp aims to beef up women's election strategy
Mon 22 Mar 2010

Sandie Benitah - CTVtoronto.ca

Don, George, Douglas, Mark, Rocco, Kevin, Keith, Howard, John.

Those are among the 26 men's names you will see on the mayor's ballot in 2010. But one name doesn't seem to fit in with the rest. Sarah Thomson, the 27th candidate, is in fact the only woman vying for the city's top job.

But it turns out women aren't just shying away from the mayor's seat.

Shelter struggles to secure funding as the demand for services grows
Tue 16 Mar 2010

Shelter struggles to secure funding as the demand for services grows.

Emma Lewzey, the Redwood Shelter's fundraising manager, accepts a $2,000 cheque from Peggy Nash, on behalf of the CAW. CAW donated $100,000 to four women's shelters in Toronto and 50 across the province this month. Staff photo/LISA RAINFORD

Those close to Veronica know her as a successful entrepreneur, a strong woman who boasts a black belt in karate.

Few would ever guess she is also a survivor of domestic abuse.

Peggy presents mother of three with Rosie McGroarty Award
Mon 8 Mar 2010

ERIN HATFIELD - Mar 08, 2010 

Nash confirms NDP candidacy
Wed 3 Feb 2010

Layton attends to endorse former Parkdale-High Park MP

LISA RAINFORD

Nash to Seek Federal Nomination
Wed 27 Jan 2010

FORMER MP PEGGY NASH TO SEEK FEDERAL NOMINATION IN PARDALE-HIGH PARK

TORONTO – Former MP Peggy Nash will seek the federal New Democrat nomination in Parkdale-High Park at an upcoming nomination meeting this Thursday in Toronto’s west end. Nash is uncontested in seeking the nomination.

Nash reflects on her time in Copenhagen
Tue 22 Dec 2009

Inside Toronto - The Villager

ERIN HATFIELD

Sitting in a coffee shop on Queen Street West in Parkdale, surrounded by aging highrises and hundred-year-old homes, Peggy Nash said she can see the potential impact a greener Canada could have on Toronto's west end.

Job insecurity: the corrosive new normal
Wed 7 Oct 2009

Toronto Star - Carol Goar

Historic shifts catch people off-guard. Something feels askew. Their friends and colleagues seem to be losing their footing. But they don't know what's wrong.

Finally, someone sounds the alarm.

This week, an international coalition of unions sounded the alarm: Precarious work has reached epidemic proportions.

Peggy Nash makes welcome return to public life
Fri 31 Jul 2009

Toronto Star - Carol Goar

Parkdale-High Park in Toronto's west end is a female-friendly riding. It has sent women to Parliament in four of the past five general elections.

But it is also a constituency with deep loyalties. When Gerard Kennedy, its former representative at Queen's Park, returned to his old political turf to seek a federal seat last fall, he was warmly welcomed.

It was a difficult choice. Voters liked and respected Peggy Nash, the hard-working New Democratic incumbent. But they remembered Kennedy's energy and enthusiasm.

Restore sanity - and regulation to the Canadian airline industry
Mon 27 Jul 2009

Toronto Star - Peggy Nash

Air Canada is once again teetering on the brink of bankruptcy protection in 2009 after emerging from it in 2003. Peggy Nash of the CAW argues the federal government should take an equity stake in the airline to restore its long-term financial stability.

As chief negotiator for the CAW in the recent round of talks with Air Canada, I have seen first-hand the shortcomings of privatizing and deregulating key sectors of our economy.

Too many job losses, too little EI help
Fri 10 Jul 2009

TORONTO SUN - PEGGY NASH AND WINNIE NG

Reading the tea leaves of federal politics is always fascinating. How will Nannygate or the isotope scandal play out in the corridors of power? Who will trigger an election and when?

In the grown up world of real life though, for many working people fear is turning to anger.

Too many people are losing their jobs because of risky or incompetent management behaviour; all the while the CEOs keep collecting stratospheric paychecks.