Boyd Upper - A tribute and a thank you.

Boyd Upper visited with Manitoba Liberals over the weekend. He is an inspiration. He was involved in the move to have a Canadian flag - being one of the young Liberals presenting a resolution to this effect at a convention in Winnipeg in about 1956. He was involved in the effort to bring in our Canadian medicare system. He attended a crucial Liberal on in about 1961 - at which a resolution was passed, after intense debate, to support bringing medicare into Canada. He was there, in the Ontario election in the early 1960s in which the idea of a Canada Pension Plan was pushed forward to much opposition. For all your work on these initiatives, we thank you Boyd.

Boyd, we also thank you for bringing to Manitoba your experience with numerous campaigns and your assistance in helping Manitoba Liberals in our efforts to elect more Liberals in our province.

Boyd is beside me in the photo above. On my right is my wife, Naomi. On Bloyd's left is Judi Hepper, our candidate in the Concordia bylection coming up.

If you can help in the byelection, please call Judi's campaign manager Bill de Jong at 667-8056 or email the campaign at judiheppnercampaign@gmail.com