Will It Be Different?
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…
The NDP Leadership Race
The Last Assessment
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,…
What’s the Diff?
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…
The Dippers’ Choice
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…
It’s Not Easy
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…
We’ll Have To Wait And See
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…