The Most Logical Structure for NDP-LPC Cooperation
Those who favour a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party should not hold their breath. These two parties have values systems that are significantly different at the moment, and…
Those who favour a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party should not hold their breath. These two parties have values systems that are significantly different at the moment, and…
The Toronto Star has endorsed Thomas Mulcair for the leadership of the NDP. So has Gerry Caplan. Ed Broadbent has his strident doubts. What’s going on? Broadbent’s outburst was unexpectedly…
Canadians can be excused for feeling a bit out of touch with the squabble that has engulfed the NDP. Ed Broadbent, the old warhorse with a long record of service…
Mulcar: Not good for Canada at this time I have liked Mulcair’s energy, his fighting spirit, his presentation of his arguments, and his willingness to mix it with those who…
There are barely 2 weeks left before Canada knows who will be the next leader of the NDP. There are 130,000 members of the NDP entitled to make this decision;…
The biggest problem facing Canada right now is the apparent contempt for upholding our democratic rights that the current Harper new Tory government has. This contempt is shown in the…
By the Jurist: But it won’t be so easy to make up for any questions about unsure political footing once a new leader faces a Con government eager to spread…
The NDP leadership race membership numbers rolled in yesterday, accumulating to about 128,000 members, so I thought I’d do a rare blog post on their race. I have been watching…
The bottom is falling out of the support for the NDP in Quebec, as recent polls have shown: The NDP nosedive in Quebec shows no signs of slowing down. With…
Today, the NDP federal leadership hopefuls battle each other again during the party’s second official all candidates debate in Halifax. In this 30-sec YouTube video pitch, Kerry-Ann Taylor endorses Peggy…
NDP leadership candidates at the first debate held in December, 2011. As the race to replace Jack Layton heats up, it was only a matter of time before the candidates…
NDP leadership candidate Thomas Mulcair NDP MP and leadership candidate Thomas Mulcair has staked his leadership bid on the support of the NDP’s remaining environmentalists by pegging ‘sustainable development’ as…
If he really introduced proportional representation, then he would be a revolutionary prime minister, and go down in history as one of the great ones: Make no mistake: with Brian…
Robert Chisholm dropped out the race to replace the late Jack Layton as the Federal leader of the New Democrats for a noble reason. The Nova Scotia NDP MP doesn’t…
In this latest video, Federal NDP leadership candidate and Ottawa Center MP, Paul Dewar, proposes for Canadians “a future to believe in”. This is vote of no confidence in the…
The NDP candidates are lining up. There are two now, a former assistant to Jack Layton, Claire Prashaw, and as of today, an Osgoode Hall law professor, Craig Scott. Not…
Sunday’s NDP debate was a chance to get a first look at the field of candidates, for the 99.9% of Canadians who don’t have the complete collection of Paul Dewar…
Out of nine. However, we can be proud that a Canadian party could field nine candidates of this calibre, any one of whom would knock spots of the whole Republican…
NDP leadership candidates in the first leaders debate The first NDP leadership debate was this afternoon, and it would appear from the coverage that the only victor was expediency and…
Leadership races are notoriously hard to handicap, due to the absence of credible polling data. Asking Canadians who they want as the next NDP leader is pointless, since only 3…