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You can help out in many ways:

• make a donation to the Dave Nickle campaign
• ask to have a Dave Nickle sign put on your lawn
• volunteer: in the office, canvass on the phone or door-to-door, or join our sign team
• if you live outside Peterborough city, help us better reach the rural communities of our riding

Every little bit helps, whether you can write a big or small cheque, volunteer every weekend or for half an hour, or just wear a Vote for Dave pin.

For more information, call 705-741-3244.

Look forward to seeing you!

By Kathryn Langley

Megan Leslie, Federal Health Critic for the NDP and MP for Halifax, travelled to Peterborough for the Round Table on Enhancing Healthcare in Canada this past December, sponsored by the Peterborough New Democrats. The session got off to a rousing start with Peterborough's own Raging Grannies.

Leslie, armed with a mandate by Federal NDP leader Jack Layton, explained that health care is under attack by the Harper government as it prepares for the 2014 Federal-Provincial renegotiation of the Canada Health Accord (the Federal medicare-funding deal). Federal transfers are crucial; about 20 cents of every dollar the provinces spend on healthcare comes from Ottawa. The provinces are slated to receive annual increases of 6 per cent until the Canada Health Transfer Program expires in fiscal 2013-14. Megan Leslie has been asked to develop a plan for enhancing health care in Canada by Spring 2011.

As the Round Table on Enhancing Health Care in Canada concluded, it was agreed that because so many Canadians are underemployed or unemployed, in debt, have lost their pension plans, and/or have filed for bankruptcy, Medicare needs to be universal, comprehensive, portable, and expanded to include Home Care, Pharmacare and dental care. Costs shared across the population through fair taxation was proposed as the preferred method of funding these endeavours.

This article originally appeared in the Trent Arthur

Walter Pitman was honoured with a 50th anniversary celebration dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall Sunday, February 13th. He was the first NDP MP in a stunning 1960 by-election win and was MPP for Peterborough from 1967-71.

In attendance,  his wife Ida of 54 years and Leader of the Ontario NDP Andrea Horwath,  local Federal NDP candidate Dave Nickle, former MP Gillian Sandeman, former MP John Brewin, former MPP Ruth Grier and Terry Grier, Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Reeve Mary Smith, Marion Burton, President of the Peterborough Labour Council, MPP Richard Johnston , Bruce Hodgins, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, Port Hope Lawyer Wilf Day and former candidate and community volunteer Linda Slavin.