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Restaurant conversation led to Jim Laxer helping start the radical Waffle group. Now Laxer is the Waffle NDP leadership candidate.
Restaurant conversation led to Jim Laxer helping start the radical Waffle group. Now Laxer is the Waffle NDP leadership candidate.

Restaurant conversation led to Jim Laxer helping start the radical Waffle group. Now Laxer is the Waffle NDP leadership candidate.

Date2/26/1971
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Waffle leaders James Laxer and Mel Watkins: If they have their way, says writer Desmond Morton, the New Democratic Party's left wing will march into the void of political impotence
Waffle leaders James Laxer and Mel Watkins: If they have their way, says writer Desmond Morton, the New Democratic Party's left wing will march into the void of political impotence
5/7/1972
Bidding for support of the New Democratic Party's leftist faction, the Waffle group, NDP leadership candidates Walter Pitman (left) and Stephen Lewis (...)
Bidding for support of the New Democratic Party's leftist faction, the Waffle group, NDP leadership candidates Walter Pitman (left) and Stephen Lewis (...)
9/19/1970
A waffle renegade, one of the founders of the group, Gerald Caplan (left), who is now executive assistant to Onatario NDP Leader Stephen Lewis, talks with his boss
A waffle renegade, one of the founders of the group, Gerald Caplan (left), who is now executive assistant to Onatario NDP Leader Stephen Lewis, talks with his boss
4/19/1971
Jim Laxer of NDP
Jim Laxer of NDP
2/26/1971
William Philip Rowley, who says he is philosophi cally closer to the Waffle movement than to the main body of the NDP, believes that it's time socialists lived their faith, and not just talked about it
William Philip Rowley, who says he is philosophi cally closer to the Waffle movement than to the main body of the NDP, believes that it's time socialists lived their faith, and not just talked about it
11/10/1970
James Laxer: Hysteria in leadership
James Laxer: Hysteria in leadership
5/7/1972
Determined to keep their left-wing Waffle group alive despite its ouster by the Ontario New Democratic Party, Melville Watkins (left), the leader, and(...)
Determined to keep their left-wing Waffle group alive despite its ouster by the Ontario New Democratic Party, Melville Watkins (left), the leader, and(...)
6/25/1972
Stephen Lewis, Ontario leader of the new Democratic Party, speaks at a meeting of the party's provincial council that voted to order the left-wing Waffle group to dissolve
Stephen Lewis, Ontario leader of the new Democratic Party, speaks at a meeting of the party's provincial council that voted to order the left-wing Waffle group to dissolve
6/25/1972
James Laxer: His report criticizes the NDP for being stuck in the past.
James Laxer: His report criticizes the NDP for being stuck in the past.
10/11/1979
Current affairs host Jim Laxer, of TVOntario's The Real Story, called in his crew to help answer questions - and they turned out to be a smart bunch.
Current affairs host Jim Laxer, of TVOntario's The Real Story, called in his crew to help answer questions - and they turned out to be a smart bunch.
10/11/1979
Jim Laxer, We're economic colony
Jim Laxer, We're economic colony
3/17/1970
Crisp and classic: Above right, white waffle pique and black linen suit, by Metro couturier Winston Kong, above, has bold piped sleeves and narrow skirt
Crisp and classic: Above right, white waffle pique and black linen suit, by Metro couturier Winston Kong, above, has bold piped sleeves and narrow skirt
6/24/1982