Here, on the current state of the federal NDP’s leadership race – and how the potential outcomes would figure to affect Canada’s broader political scene. For further reading…– L. Ian MacDonald discusses how the NDP’s campaign (unlike the Conservatives’) is actually offering meaningful debate and choices. – Eric Grenier takes
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Accidental Deliberations: On comparative advantages
In the federal NDP’s previous leadership campaign, Tom Mulcair managed to release numerous policy proposals without offering any hint of what he’d do as leader. Starting from the (correct) assumption that a frontrunner could likely find his way to victory simply by minimizing controversy, Mulcair released policy planks which were
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign… – Charlie Angus has made his pitch for a national pharmacare program as one way of reducing health care inequality. – Guy Caron’s proposal for tax reform features plenty of progressive ideas to bring in more public revenue, including through inheritance and
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It’s certainly disappointing that Pat Stogran has chosen to drop out of the NDP’s leadership race – particularly by leaving taking shots at the party which made sure he had a place on its stage. That said, Stogran’s campaign ultimately seems to have been defined by an unwillingness to learn
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile: Jagmeet Singh
As I noted here, Jagmeet Singh’s entry into the federal NDP’s leadership race has attracted an enviable amount of notice from the media. But the combination of a relatively late start to his formal campaign and a lack of much definition so far does leave Singh with significant ground to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile – Ibrahim Bruno El-Khoury
I’ll plan to add more to Ibrahim Bruno El-Khoury’s profile later on if he adds more public-facing content to his campaign. For now, though, I’ll put forward at least a placeholder profile based on what’s missing. Strengths El-Khoury brings at least some political experience to the NDP’s leadership race, including
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign… – I’ll start by specifically pointing out NDPLeaderVote as an excellent resource for news as it develops. Because it’s largely tracking what’s happening in the media and on candidates’ announcements, I won’t be using these links posts to do the same to
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Several of the candidates have been doing plenty of touring over the past week. And while not all the stops have included media coverage, you’ll find features about Charlie Angus from Timmins, Sudbury (X2), North Bay, and Red Deer, along with
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Sid Ryan’s endorsement of Niki Ashton both answers one of the more persistent questions as to possible additional entries into the race, and offers some helpful institutional support for Ashton’s campaign. – Mick Sweetman interviews each of the MPs in the
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The latest from the NDP’s federal leadership campaign. – The Canadian Press reports on Pat Stogran’s official campaign launch. And Alex Ballingall highlights Stogran’s criticism of Justin Trudeau’s empty-suit governance, while Jeremy Nuttall focuses on his message about challenging politics as usual. – Charlie Smith interviews Peter Julian about his
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The latest from the NDP’s federal leadership campaign. (As always, see the reference page for general information.) – Mylene Crete reports on Alexandre Boulerice’s endorsement of Peter Julian – which offers another important piece of evidence that the party’s contingent of Quebec MPs and organizers sees Julian as a viable
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The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign… – Marie-Danielle Smith reports that Jagmeet Singh is laying the groundwork to join the race. And Steve Paikin offers his take as to what that might mean for the current candidates – while also raising the (seemingly unlikely) prospect that Thomas Mulcair
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The latest on the NDP’s leadership campaign. – Karl Nerenberg sees the youth debate in Montreal as having shown more differences in style than substance, while Christo Aivalis identifies some more clear distinctions. And James Munson examines the candidates’ positions on economic development, innovation and the social safety net. –
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The latest putative entrant in the leadership race is Pat Stogran – well-known for challenging the Harper Cons’ callous treatment of veterans in his role as veterans’ ombudsman. So how does Stogran fit into a field of current MPs and longtime activists, particularly when his own goal is largely to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile: Niki Ashton
For Ashton alone among the NDP’s leadership candidates, we’ve been through this exercise before. But for a candidate who stood out for her youth in 2012, it’s remarkable how little has changed this time around. Strengths Once again, youth and expanded appeal are obvious priorities for all of the NDP’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile: Guy Caron
So far, media coverage of Guy Caron’s NDP leadership campaign has focused largely on one note (that being his basic income proposal). But there’s plenty more to his candidacy – and he may well emerge as the party’s favourite when it comes time to vote. Strengths Both Caron’s core campaign
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile: Charlie Angus
If Peter Julian’s leadership campaign has been surprising in its relatively push toward controversy, Charlie Angus may be defying expectations in the opposite direction – as the punk rocker has been the most serene figure in the race so far. Strengths Rather than spending much of the first two debates
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile: Peter Julian
I’ll start my series of NDP leadership candidate profiles with the first to enter the leadership race – and the one who’s likely done the most to shape the campaign so far. I’ve noted before my surprise at the choices made so far by Peter Julian’s campaign: a candidate who
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A few notes worth a look in advance of today’s youth-focused debate… – Kyle Duggan reports on Pat Stogran’s imminent entry into the race. And The View Up Here features an extended interview to introduce Stogran as a candidate, while CTV offers a shorter interview. – Anishinabek News examines Charlie
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This and that from the NDP’s leadership campaign. – Among the coverage of the first leadership debate which I hadn’t linked before, Karl Nerenberg offers both a ranking and a review. And Yves Engler asks why the first debate largely avoided foreign policy issues – though there’s still plenty of
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