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Blaikie was appointed as NDP Taxation Critic in 1990.
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An early and prominent example of this was The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries by Piers Blaikie in 1985, which traced land degradation in Africa to colonial policies of land appropriation, rather than over-exploitation by African farmers.
This position was not part of the NDP's official party policy, leading some high-profile party members, such as NDP House Leader Bill Blaikie and former NDP leader Alexa McDonough, to publicly indicate that they did not share Layton's views.
Schreyer then offered his support to, but was not actively involved in the campaign of, Bill Blaikie, during the latter's bid to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 2002 and 2003.
Blaikie was the Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008.
Blaikie was born to a working-class family in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Blaikie served in The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada from 1967 to 1972, and was a labourer on and off with the Canadian National Railway from 1969 to 1974 while attending University.
Blaikie was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1979 federal election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative MP Dean Whiteway ( who had previously been elected in the riding of Selkirk, which was eliminated by redistribution ).
Blaikie was comfortably re-elected in his own riding.
Blaikie was appointed as the NDP's Social Policy Critic in 1979, and was promoted to Health Critic in 1980.
Blaikie was again returned for his riding, and was appointed as NDP Environment Critic in the new parliament.
When de Jong was eliminated on the second ballot at a delegated convention, Blaikie moved to the camp of Audrey McLaughlin, the eventual winner.
Between 1993 and 1997, Blaikie was the only New Democratic Party MP to represent a riding east of Saskatchewan.
When Nystrom was eliminated at the party's convention, Blaikie shifted his support to the winner, Alexa McDonough.
Blaikie was named as House Leader, while continuing as International Trade Critic and adding the Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio.
Blaikie was re-elected to a seventh term in 2000, as the Liberals won a third majority government under Chrétien.
Blaikie was not closely affiliated with either camp.
Blaikie was the first declared candidate in the 2003 leadership election.
Blaikie was seen as a representative of the party's moderate left, fitting ideologically between the centrist Lorne Nystrom and the more left-wing Jack Layton.
Blaikie continued as Deputy Leader and Defence Critic, and was also named as Health Critic.
Following the resumption of parliament in April, Blaikie was named as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons.
Blaikie was an advocate for the reform of parliamentary institutions throughout his time in parliament.
Blaikie and appointed
With no seat in the House of Commons, he appointed the runner-up, longtime Winnipeg-area MP Bill Blaikie, as parliamentary leader.
Blaikie finished second to Jack Layton, who appointed him as Deputy Leader after the convention.
On November 3, 2009 Blaikie was appointed to the cabinet of Premier Greg Selinger as the Minister of Conservation and Government House Leader.
Blaikie and NDP
There were again rumours that Blaikie would run for the NDP leadership in 1995, but he declined and gave his support to Lorne Nystrom.
At the time of the election, Bill Blaikie was the MP for Winnipeg-Transcona, the NDP House leader and the critic on intergovernmental affairs, justice, the Solicitor General, and parliamentary reform.
An ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, Blaikie was a prominent heir to the Social Gospel, Christian left tradition deeply rooted in the NDP.
** NDP: In a speech to his supporters in Winnipeg, NDP parliamentary leader Bill Blaikie speaks out in opposition to Jack Layton's proposal to repeal the Clarity Bill.
Rebecca Blaikie ( born January 1, 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) is a Canadian politician currently serving as the President of the New Democratic Party ( NDP ).
She is the daughter of Bill Blaikie, a former NDP Member of Parliament from Winnipeg, Deputy Leader of the party, and provincial cabinet minister.
Blaikie was a candidate for the NDP in the 2004 Canadian federal election in then-Prime Minister Paul Martin's electoral district of LaSalle — Émard in Montreal, Quebec.
Blaikie was elected treasurer of the NDP at the Vancouver convention in 2011, alongside Brian Topp who had been elected president.
He supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to become NDP leader in 1995, and endorsed Bill Blaikie in 2003.
After Blaikie announced his retirement from the Canadian House of Commons in 2007, Maloway indicated he would seek the NDP nomination to succeed him in the federal Elmwood — Transcona riding.
Following his defeat in the federal election, Maloway was nominated by the Manitoba NDP in his former seat of Elwood, to succeed the retiring Bill Blaikie, and is the party's candidate in the October 4, 2011 provincial election.
He supported Bill Blaikie for the NDP leadership in 2002-03.
He supported Bill Blaikie for leader of the federal NDP in 2002-03.
In 2003, Phipps supported Bill Blaikie in that year's NDP leadership election.
In 2003, Orenstein supported Bill Blaikie for the leadership of the federal NDP.
In 2002 – 03, O ' Connor supported Bill Blaikie for the leadership of the federal NDP.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Opposition Leader Preston Manning, Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, and NDP spokesman Bill Blaikie all praised her in the House following her resignation announcement.
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