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KONSTANTINE MALAKOS WANTS TO BE NDP VOICE AGAIN
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Konstantine Malakos wants to be the face and voice of the NDP again for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell when the next federal election takes place. i*NTUBOEJOHGPSUIFOPNJOBUJPO u.BMB - kos said, during a phone interview. “We don’t expect it to be a contested nomination.” 5IF/%1 GFEFSBM SJEJOHBTTPDJBUJPO GPS (MFOHBSSZ1SFTDPUU3VTTFMMXJMMIPMEJUTWJSUVBM nomination meeting in the coming weeks via ;PPN4P GBS.BMBLPT XIPXBT UIF/%1 candidate in the 2019 election, is one of two possible nominees for the party. The /%1JTJOUIFQSPDFTTPGWFUUJOHBTFDPOE potential candidate. 8IJMFIFXBJUT .BMBLPTIBTTFUVQB candidate information website, that includes a summary of what he sees as the key issues for the next federal election and why he wants to represent the party again. “I really feel that we connected with a lot of people in the region,” he said. “There is a hunger for change.” .BMBLPTOPUFEUIBUNBOZPGUIFJTTVFT he campaigned on during the last election remain and “have been exacerbated” by the pandemic. He cited as one example the number of people classed as “essential workers” who work in low-paying jobs that include grocery store employees and staff at fast-food res- taurants, who now face added stress at work in dealing with often rude complaints from customers who are angry at the pandemic health safety protocols. “These are the people who provide the lifeblood of the country,” he said. “I think the pandemic shines a light on a situation that has always been there.” .BMBLPTOPUFEUIFJODSFBTJOHTUSFTTBU seniors and long-term care residences, both among the people living in those places and the staff caring for them. He has spoken
Konstantine Malakos veut représenter à nouveau le NPD dans la circonscription de Glengarry-Prescott-Russell lors des prochaines élections fédérales. —photo d’archives
to some careworkers who told him about feeling overwhelmed and understaffed at their workplaces. “We need a national standard of senior DBSF u.BMBLPTTBJE iBIJHITUBOEBSEPG care not driven by profit.” .BMBLPTBMTPSFNBSLFEPOUIFTJUVBUJPO Canada faced earlier this year with pos- TJCMFDVUCBDLT JOEFMJWFSJFTPG$07*% WBDDJOFCZ1à[FSBOE.PEFSOB5IFDVUCBDLT
threatened the national vaccination strategy BHBJOTU$07*% “Canada once had a Crown corporation that developed vaccines,” he said. “It was created after the Spanish Flu epidemic (early 1900s).” .BMBLPTOPUFE UIBU UIF.VMSPOFZ$PO - TFSWBUJWFHPWFSONFOUQSJWBUJ[FE$BOBEBT national vaccine production facility during the 1980s.
Then, he said, the foreign investors who bought the facility shut it down, leaving the country dependent on outside sources for all its vaccine needs. “I don’t blame the Trudeau government GPSUIJT u.BMBLPTTBJEi0UIFS QBTU HPWFSO - ment could have fixed this. But if that Crown corporation had existed today, we’d be on the vanguard of producing our own vaccines.”
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POUR LES PERSONNES AYANT UNE DÉFICIENCE INTELLECTUELLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Board of Directors Call for Nomination
Conseil d’administration Appel de candidatures
Vous avez à cœur le bien-être des enfants et des adultes qui ont une déficience intellectuelle? Service Coordination Soutien (SCS) pour les personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle est un organisme à but non lucratif, financé par la province, qui aide les personnes et leurs familles à planifier et trouver des ressources communautaires. Nous servons les adultes et les enfants qui ont une déficience intellectuelle ainsi que les enfants ayant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme. Les services sont fournis dans les deux langues officielles. Nous sommes à la recherche de bénévoles de la région d’Ottawa et des comtés de Stormont, Dundas et Glengarry, de Prescott Russell et de Renfrew. Les candidats idéaux ont une expérience pertinente des fonctions au sein d’un conseil en plus d’avoir fait preuve d’un grand leadership et posséder une solide expérience dans l’un ou plusieurs des domaines suivants : • Services aux personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle; • Gouvernance d’organismes à but non lucratif; • Relations avec la collectivité et les intervenants; • Gestion des ressources humaines; • Juridique. Le Conseil a actuellement un besoin particulier de membres dont la langue maternelle est le français. Date limite : Le 19 mars 2021
Are you passionate about the welfare of children and adults with developmental disabilities? Service Coordination Support (SCS) for People with Developmental Disabilities is a non-profit provincially funded agency that helps individuals and families plan and find available community resources. We serve adults and children with a developmental disability and children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Services are provided in both official languages. We are seeking volunteers fromwithin the Ottawa region and from the counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Prescott Russell and Renfrew. Ideal candidates have demonstrated experience with Board duties and governance issues and exhibit strong leadership and expertise in such areas as:
• Developmental Services; • Non-profit Governance • Community and Stakeholder Relations; • Human Resource Management; • Legal. The Board currently has a particular need for members whose first language is French. Deadline is March 19, 2021.
Visitez notre site Web pour en savoir plus : www.scsonline.ca Intéressé(e)? Envoyez-nous un courriel à lhupe@scsonline.ca
More information at www.scsonline.ca Interested? Send an email to lhupe@scsonline.ca
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