All of us at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) mourn the loss of one of Canada’s greats: Stephen Lewis.
Every movement needs its thinkers, its doers, its poets. Stephen Lewis encompassed all three.
He was a champion of human rights and social justice from the beginning, middle, and the end—which came just in time for his son Avi Lewis to follow in both Stephen’s and his own father David’s political footsteps.
Stephen fought for a better world, including speaking up for the rights of the people of Africa when the rest of the world left the AIDS epidemic behind.
Stephen used words, not swords, in his battles. He was a master class orator who could move audiences to laughter, tears, pride, and moral outrage in the sweep of one speech.
He will be greatly missed. Our condolences to Stephen’s family—including the great Canadian journalist and author Michele Landsberg—during this difficult moment.
