OPINION: In a desperate move, Broadbent damages his stalwart reputation
TORONTO—Ed Broadbent, a most respected elder statesman, has been a symbol and tribute to a time when politics was more cordial, and the nastiness and unending quest for power were not the core motivators to enter public life. In unleashing a recent torrent of harsh criticism at Thomas Mulcair, however, Broadbent exposed a side […]
Seventy per cent of ballots will already be cast when NDP leadership convention begins Friday
PARLIAMENT HILL—More than two-thirds of NDP members voting to select a new leader later this week will have cast their votes either by mail or online by the time the first ballot at the party’s leadership convention begins on Friday in Toronto, candidate officials say. Spokespeople for Paul Dewar’s (Ottawa South, Ont.) and Brian Topp’s […]
Budget advice for next NDP leader
The new NDP leader will be chosen just days before the federal government brings down its first majority budget, one that could fundamentally change the direction of the nation. Coming at a time of great economic vulnerability, a budget that includes major spending cuts will inflict additional hardship on millions of Canadians. Canada is […]
Only way to beat Tories is join NDP-Grit forces, says pollster
Veteran pollster and keen political observer Frank Graves has some sobering insight for the thousands of New Democrats set to elect their new leader this week: short of a “good old nuclear scandal” neither the NDP nor the Liberals are likely to displace the governing Conservatives in 2015 unless they somehow, in whatever way, join […]
Singh says he’s not in ‘cahoots’ with Mulcair
Martin Singh, 39, a Musquodoboit Harbour, N.S., pharmacist and a businessman, who owns pharmacies and residential care facilities in Nova Scotia and Ontario, is a former Liberal who has been active in NDP politics since the mid-1990s. Mr. Singh, who has degrees in chemistry, chemical engineering and pharmacy from Dalhousie University, and a master […]
Front-runner Mulcair appears to be candidate to beat
The widely-acknowledged candidate to beat in the race to become NDP leader, MP Tom Mulcair, is pulling into the last lap of the race surrounded by controversy. Early last week, there were allegations from candidate Brian Topp’s campaign that Mr. Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) and Martin Singh, the Nova Scotia pharmacist also running for the […]
Quebec dominates NDP caucus, British Columbia plays above its weight within NDP
The disintegration of the Ontario-Quebec axis was one of the striking features of the last federal election. It is in the process of turning the national dynamic as we have long known it on its head. Quebec and Ontario did not just go different ways last May 2. They headed in diametrically opposite directions and, […]
NDP needs to win Quebec, make big gains in Western Canada, says Ashton
She’s the youngest of the bunch, but Churchill, Man., NDP MP Niki Ashton says her age is an asset and that she can help make politics relevant to young voters. The 29-year-old, who The Toronto Star’s Carol Goar last week called “the brightest light in the NDP leadership race,” has spent the past four […]
Dewar wants to ‘turn people onto politics’
Since Paul Dewar, 49, announced his bid for the leadership of the NDP, the Ottawa Centre MP says he’s “criss-crossed the country more times than I can count.” By his numbers, he’s been to 120 different communities, been on more than 65 planes and attends an average of three to four events a day. […]
Nash says she can make a difference
NDP candidate Peggy Nash says the biggest obstacle standing between the New Democrats and a majority government is money, but the NDP has a few years to catch up. Ms. Nash, 60, who represents Parkdale-High Park, Ont., has attracted a number of influential endorsements from top Canadian and NDP women, including former federal […]
