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Six-month NDP leadership race 'agonizing,' making official opposition difficult, says Martin

'It’s getting very difficult to hold our own as the official opposition without a leader. We’re managing, but we’re treading water,' says NDP MP Pat Martin.

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MP Pat Martin says the NDP leadership race is taking a toll on his party's Parliamentary life.

PARLIAMENT HILL—The six-month NDP leadership race has started to take some wind out of the party’s sails in Parliament and is beginning to drain shadow cabinet and staff resources at a time when the party needs them most, says NDP MP Pat Martin.

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Six-month NDP leadership race 'agonizing,' making official opposition difficult, says Martin

'It’s getting very difficult to hold our own as the official opposition without a leader. We’re managing, but we’re treading water,' says NDP MP Pat Martin.

The Hill Times Photograph By Jake Wright
MP Pat Martin says the NDP leadership race is taking a toll on his party's Parliamentary life.

PARLIAMENT HILL—The six-month NDP leadership race has started to take some wind out of the party’s sails in Parliament and is beginning to drain shadow cabinet and staff resources at a time when the party needs them most, says NDP MP Pat Martin.

  

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