National Federation of Labour Youth and Labour Progressive Party of Canada

Norman Nerenberg: Early in his life, my late father, Norman Nerenberg, was a professional organizer for the National Federation of Labour Youth, the United Jewish People Order and, ultimately, the Labour Progressive Party of Canada . He had quit high school when the war started, in September 1939, to volunteer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, according to Rabble. He was only 16 and had to lie about his age. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. The depression and the war radicalized many, and Norman was among them. He even ran as an LPP candidate in the 1953 federal election. By the end of the war, he had become a young up-and-comer in the pro-Soviet left. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.