Peter Stoffer
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"Peter Arend Stoffer" is a Canadian politician.

Stoffer is currently a member of the New Democratic Party (Canada)/New Democratic Party caucus in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Sackville—Eastern Shore. He represented Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore after the Canadian federal election, 2000/2000 election, and after the Canadian federal election, 1997/1997 election, he represented the riding of Sackville—Eastern Shore. (Riding changes are due to redistribution.) Stoffer is a former airline employee and union activist who was also vocal on environmental issues.

Stoffer is the Official Opposition Critic for Veterans' Affairs. He is a former critic for Fisheries and Oceans, Shipbuilding, Seniors, Amateur Sport, Canada Post Corporation, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and National Defence.

Stoffer is a populist and has been an advocate of Third Way (centrism)/Third Way policies championed by Tony Blair. He was affiliated with the internal party reform group NDProgress that successfully pushed the NDP to adopt a 'one member, one vote' system to choose its leader, and which has called for limits on union influence within the party.

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It's testy. It's like trying to get Israel and Palestine together for a coffee.

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Commercial fishermen are not the problem.

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This little blue package contains nothing about floor-crossing.

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It's very crass and very unfortunate that the government would hide behind the courts to continue further litigation when it should accept that previous governments were wrong.

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We could offer our services through our various airlines. We have our armed forces personnel. We could offer to send planes to bring people here if we so desire -- it's not that much.

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Personally I think it's a rather cheap election ploy. But the fact is if the Liberals have finally seen the light and they're going to do the right thing, we would definitely support that initiative.

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I knocked on just under 10,000 doors personally myself and what I was hearing from people was they had very serious concerns about Stephen Harper himself, not about the candidates.

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Once you step down, you can do whatever you want, but the premise would be to seek nomination for the party, go back to your riding in a by-election or general election, and seek the mandate of the people. The bill also allows for an individual to sit as an independent.

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