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Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief electoral officer granted residents more time to participate in the province’s all mail-in general election on Sunday amid calls from some party leaders for more transparency around the process.
Voters now have until Feb. 19 to submit their applications for mail-in ballots, Bruce Chaulk said a statement in which he moved the date back from Monday’s original deadline. The date to turn in completed voting kits has also been pushed back to March 5.
The Globe and Mail Rod Mickleburgh Published January 14, 2021
Ben Welland
Except for a historic venture into the politics of Newfoundland, Ed Finn was not one to generate headlines. He was a behind-the-scenes guy. Over a career that spanned nearly 70 years, Mr. Finn used his skills as a communicator and strategist to advance unions and progressive causes ranging from the bitter Newfoundland loggers’ strike in 1959 to the fierce fight for medicare in Saskatchewan to the anti-free trade movement to myriad union battles across the country.
He also brought the views of labour into the mainstream media with a long-running weekly column in the Toronto Star. The column developed a strong following because it went beyond union rhetoric. Mr. Finn steered his own course, often irritating labour leaders by taking positions that strayed from their official line.