Olivia Chow: Animal Figurines

Pouring Rain Dept: It was 1979. She and others were calling out for the government to provide refuge to Vietnamese boat people. Heap, a bearded, bicycle-toting Toronto alderman, was among them, according to The Star. Two years later, Chow learned that Heap an outspoken social justice advocate in the city was running in the federal election as the Spadina riding s NDP candidate. She decided to help in the campaign and olivia Chow was standing among hundreds of rain-soaked activists in Toronto s Grange Park the first time she encountered Dan Heap. I remember thinking, It s pouring rain. He cares enough to show up. He must be a good guy, said Chow, then a young artist who sculpted animal figurines for a living. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.