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The world according to Bill

Former NDP MP Bill Blaikie, a United Church minister, talks about managing religious belief in the public square and says not everyone who has religious faith in politics is on the right.

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A man of constant faith: Former NDP MP Bill Blaikie told The Hill Times, ‘one of the reasons that I’m a New Democrat is because I think that’s the closest political expression of where I think my faith points me, in terms of social and economic principles.’
By KATE MALLOY |
Published: Monday, 12/05/2011 12:00 am EST

 

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The world according to Bill

Former NDP MP Bill Blaikie, a United Church minister, talks about managing religious belief in the public square and says not everyone who has religious faith in politics is on the right.

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times
A man of constant faith: Former NDP MP Bill Blaikie told The Hill Times, ‘one of the reasons that I’m a New Democrat is because I think that’s the closest political expression of where I think my faith points me, in terms of social and economic principles.’
By KATE MALLOY | Dec. 5, 2011

 

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