 Complete the following phrase:  Laxer was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 22 December 1941 and was the son of Edna May née Quentin and Robert Laxer, a psychologist, professor, author, and political activist. His father was Jewish and his mother was from a Protestant family. Both were members of the Communist Party of Canada and its public face, the Labor-Progressive Party, with Robert Laxer being a national organizer for the party. The Laxers left the party, along with many other members, following Khrushchevs Secret Speech revealing Joseph Stalins crimes, and the 