EDMONTON — Suzanne Taylor, a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, remembers former U.S. president Jimmy Carter being “strict” on construction sites, refusing…
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The former president had pledged to build 150 affordable homes with Habitat for Humanity across Canada as the country marked 150 years since Confederation. Vandersteen, who was volunteering in Fort Saskatchewan remembers Carter as inspirational during a surprise visit to the site 30 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
His work moved families from living paycheque-to-paycheque to becoming independent and stable, he added.
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