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Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Beaches—East York
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 63%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $123,505.63

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Context: House Hansard - 29 - Feb/11/22
Mr. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches—East York, Lib.)
  • Feb/11/22 11:10:05 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, with the passing of John Honderich, we lost a dedicated city builder and a newspaperman who believed deeply in the value of journalism, both in the service of progressive values and as an essential part of a healthy democracy. Born into newsrooms, John started as a copy-boy and night reporter with the Ottawa Citizen before joining the Toronto Star as a reporter, going on to become bureau chief, editor, publisher and chairman. Receiving the CJF Lifetime Achievement Award, John called attention to the crisis in journalism today. He spoke of quality journalism as a form of public service and of the need to confront lies with truth, and he challenged all of us to make quality journalism thrive in Canada. On behalf of our 416 caucus, we pay our respects and remember John Honderich for his philanthropy, mentorship and humility, as a passionate advocate for social and racial justice, as a fierce defender of his reporters and of journalism, as an advocate for Toronto and a new deal for cities, and above all as a champion of newsrooms that believed that the newspaper was there to do the public good.
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