About Charlie

 “Now and then some MPs come along and rise above the rest. Take note of NDP MP Charlie Angus, no ordinary Member of Parliament. A federal politician who has chutzpah and a whole well of integrity.”
The Hill Times (Ottawa) 2005

“I first met Chuck (Charlie) Angus on his first tour of Western Canada. If I hadn't experienced Chuck Angus I would have had to invent him just for my own peace of mind because, in a world full of prima donnas and poseurs, he stands out as the real thing."
Les Siemieniuk - National CBC radio, 1999

Charlie Angus was born in Timmins, Ontario in November 1962, a child of gold-miners who had emigrated to the north from Scotland and Cape Breton.
He is well known across Canada as a passionate spokesman for working people. As a writer, broadcaster and musician he has championed the resource-dependent communities of the north. The late Peter Gzowski referred to Charlie Angus as the "poet laureate of Northern Ontario.”
Angus got his start in politics as a lead organizer during the 14-year battle to stop the Adams Mine garbage dump. The campaigns to stop the Adams Mine and the Bennett toxic waste incinerator resulted in some of the largest and most-sustained civil resistance in Ontario.
Elected in 2004 to the riding of Timmins James Bay, he was soon being described by the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail as one of the most effective MPs on Parliament Hill.
In 2007, members from all political parties voted him as the MP who works hardest for his region.
In 2009, both the Globe and Mail and the Hill Times in Ottawa described Charlie Angus as one of the best MPs in Ottawa.
Angus has published five books and been nominated twice for Juno awards for his work as a musician and songwriter.

Work History:
– Co-founder of the Toronto DIY punk pioneers L’etranger.
– Founder of the musical group Grievous Angels.
– Co-founder of Angelus House for the Homeless, Toronto Catholic Worker.
– Co-founder and editor of HighGrader Magazine.
– Negotiator and organizer for the Algonquin Nation Secretariat.

Charlie Angus is married to Brit Griffin. They have three daughters: Mariah, Siobhan and Lola.