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Prime Minister and Bank Governor Support Occupy Movement 26 November 11

Paul Martin The ‘Occupy Movement’ has also been receiving statements of support from some unexpected Canadian leaders. Former Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin, who is currently an advisor to the International Monetary Fund, said he supports the ‘Occupy Movement.’

“These young people have touched a chord that is being discussed in every family across North America and in Europe, as well. I think it’s a very important thing they’ve done,” said Martin.

Mark Carney, current governor of the Bank of Canada and a former Goldman Sachs banker, says the democratic debate created by the ‘Occupy Movement’ has been “entirely constructive.”

"I understand the frustration of many people, particularly in the United States. You've had increase in inequality because of ... globalization, because of technology. You've had a big increase in the ratio of CEO earnings to workers on the shop floor."

Carney was appointed chairman of the Swiss-based international Financial Stability Board shortly after his comments about the Occupy Movement.

“I am impressed with the forthrightness of any Central Banker who acknowledges, as Mark Carney has done, that the Occupy Wall Street Protests are constructive. He’s acknowledged the frustration felt due to the continual increase of economic inequality,” said Elizabeth May Canadian Member of Parliament and Green Party Leader, in support of Carney’s appointment.

The Occupy Movement started in New York, with protests on Wall Street about the growing gap between rich and poor. Within a month the movement spreading like wildfire across the US and then Western world, with ‘Occupy” encampments in hundreds of cities worldwide.

View November 18, 2011 Huffington Post article
View November 18, 2011 CBC News article
Watch November 15, 2011 CBC: George Stroumboulopoulos video
View November 4, 2011 CBC News article
View November 4, 2011 Green Party of Canada press release
View October 15, 2011 Treehugger article
Watch October 14, 2011 CBC: Peter Mansbridge video
View October 14, 2011 Globe and Mail article
View October 14, 2011 Huffington Post article
Source: CBC, Huffington Post
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