Former (liberal) Canadian PM Paul Martin - in support of OWS

JBoy

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Fri Nov-18-11 07:09 PM
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Former (liberal) Canadian PM Paul Martin - in support of OWS

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/11/18/paul-martin-occupy-wall-street_n_1101886.html?ref=canada

An unexpected voice is joining the chorus of support for the Occupy movement � former prime minister Paul Martin.

Martin says protesters have sparked a global debate that may help save the free market system.

�This idea that don�t have clear goals, I don�t think anybody buys it,� Martin told The Huffington Post, even as city governments across Canada step up their efforts to end the occupation.

�The fact is that the free market system works, but unless governments and people are constantly on the watch out for rampant inequality, unless they understand the need for redistribution programs, unless they understand the need to invest in education and better health care and a better environment,� Martin said, �then effectively the free market system will fall on its own accord.�

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Good to hear, from the last guy to balance Canada's budget.

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Spazito

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Fri Nov-18-11 07:53 PM
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1. Well said, former Prime Minister Martin....

He wasn't someone I cared for as Prime Minister but, damn, he sure as hell was a better PM by far than the neocon we have now.

Thanks for posting.

Recommended.

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Prometheus Bound

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Fri Nov-18-11 08:53 PM
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2. He might be a globalist, but he seems to get it.

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applegrove

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Fri Nov-18-11 08:58 PM
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3. He saved Canada from a mortgage bubble and banking crisis by refusing to deregulate

the banks. He's great!

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riverbendviewgal

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Sat Nov-19-11 11:47 AM
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4. He is a very smart man

He would not be part of the American banking system. We Canadians are doing well as the result.

Martin added that he considers Canada�s bankers �enlightened� compared to their counterparts in the United States and Europe, whom he deems the real spark for the Occupy movement, especially considering their continued efforts to combat regulation despite the ongoing financial crisis.

�When you look at what�s been said by some of the bankers in New York and Europe, you understand the absolute need for people to stand up and say, �no, this is wrong, we�re going to fight for our generation and for the generations to come.� �

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