Tag: The NDP Leadership Race

Jagmeet Singh now leads the New Democratic Party. All three of Canada’s political parties are now firmly in the hands of millennials. Andrew Scheer and Singh are even younger than Justin Trudeau. So what does that mean? Campbell Clark believes that Singh will shake up Canadian politics: Mr. Singh has

  Robyn Sears offers an assessment of three of the contenders for the NDP’s leadership: Charlie Angus has impeccable New Dem credentials: northern, working class, long-term Indigenous activist; informal but smart, folksy but policy sharp, self-deprecating, well-known to local party leaders from coast to coast. As comfortable as an old

  When it comes to the NDP leadership race, Rick Salutin asks the most important question of all: What differentiates the NDP from other political parties? The difference used to be pretty clear: At any point in the 50 years after its founding in 1932 (as the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation,

Yesterday, the NDP held its final leadership debate. Tim Harper gives a cogent evaluation of the four candidates: Singh promises growth. Backers believe he will grow personally as he moves from provincial to federal politics. They also believe he will grow the party with fresh membership. Mention the NDP leadership

In the era of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbin, Tim Harper writes that the NDP is going to have to take a hard left turn. The template for their platform already exists in British Columbia: If one wants to see what the federal New Democrats will likely put on the

There are deep divisions in the New Democratic Party. And it’s is not the first time the party has faced the problem. Robin Sears writes: In 1939, M.J. Coldwell risked splitting the CCF over his support for the Second World War, while his pacifist leader, J.S. Woodworth, was opposed. Except