1. Charles Joseph Angus was born on November 14,1962 and is a Canadian author, journalist, broadcaster, musician and politician.
24 Facts About Charlie Angus
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Charlie Angus is the author of Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower.
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Charlie Angus was born in Timmins, Ontario, and moved to Toronto in 1973, where in 1980 he co-founded the punk rock band L'Etranger with childhood friend Andrew Cash.
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Charlie Angus performed bass and co-wrote many of the group's songs, which were influenced by the Clash and the group's Catholic social justice roots.
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Charlie Angus was a community activist in Toronto in the 1980s where, along with his wife Brit Griffin, he established a Catholic Worker house and a homeless shelter for men, especially those who were minority refugees and former prisoners.
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Charlie Angus moved to Cobalt, Ontario, with his young family in 1990; further, in 1995, Brit and Charlie launched HighGrader, a magazine devoted to Northern Ontario life and culture.
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Charlie Angus is the author of eight published books, including an admiring biography of Les Costello, the celebrated Toronto Maple Leafs player who left professional hockey to become a Catholic priest in Timmins.
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From 2000 to 2004, Charlie Angus served as a trustee on the Northeastern Catholic District School Board.
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Charlie Angus was re-elected in the 2006 federal election with an outright majority, over six thousand votes ahead of Liberal challenger Robert Riopelle.
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Charlie Angus was the NDP critic for Canadian heritage from 2004 to 2007, and was additionally critic for agriculture from 2004 to 2006.
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Charlie Angus's treatment provoked widespread public reaction both from those who supported the church's stance, and those who supported Charlie Angus.
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Charlie Angus won "Best Constituent Representative" at the 2007 Maclean's Parliamentarian of the Year Awards.
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Charlie Angus was re-elected in the federal elections of both 2008 and 2011.
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Charlie Angus served as the party's spokesperson on privacy, ethics, and government accountability.
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Charlie Angus voted against a bill to abolish the Canadian Firearms Registry in September 2010.
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Charlie Angus subsequently introduced a private member's bill to reform the registry.
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Charlie Angus was named to Maclean's magazine's Power List in 2012 as one of the 25 most influential Canadians.
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In 2012, Charlie Angus backed Paul Dewar to become leader of the NDP.
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Charlie Angus has been an advocate for the rights of First Nations children and was the co-founder of the Shannen's Dream campaign, named in honour of the late Cree youth leader Shannen Koostachin, whom Charlie Angus fought with to build a new elementary school for her community.
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Charlie Angus was a member of the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee.
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Charlie Angus resigned from both roles on November 23,2016, in to prepare for the 2017 New Democratic Party leadership race.
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On February 20,2017, Charlie Angus officially registered to run in the NDP leadership race to succeed Tom Mulcair.
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Charlie Angus was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
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Charlie Angus was selected as "Best Mentor" in Maclean's magazine's 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year award and was the 2007 winner for "Best represents constituents".