OTTAWA—Paul Dewar, a teacher and union leader from Ottawa who became the New Democratic Party’s foreign−affairs critic, died on Feb. 6 after contending with brain cancer for a year.
Despite struggling with dyslexia as a child, getting trounced by Ed Broadbent during his initial foray into politics, losing his seat in the House of Commons in the Liberal wave of 2015, and being diagnosed with a terminal illness, the 56−year−old was infused with a positive, hopeful attitude and belief that the world could be made a better place.
