Toronto developer’s $1,200 donation to Topp’s NDP leadership campaign draws some criticism
PARLIAMENT HILL—A $1,200 campaign contribution NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp received from a Toronto developer who raised money for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s 2010 election campaign is drawing criticism from opponents. Paul Goloni, executive vice-president of Empire Communities, and two other executives with the firm who also donated to Mr. Topp, are among nearly 40 other business people […]
The case for Nathan Cullen as NDP leader
GATINEAU, QUE.—No matter who wins the NDP leadership marathon in March, the party risks losing something: its soul, its newfound prominence, or Quebec. That’s because there is no perfect composite candidate, only seven talented individuals, each with notable disadvantages, still jockeying for the final prize, or, failing that, an enhanced profile. The interminable debates—the most […]
Signs Quebec may be shifting back to its traditional voting patterns
MONTREAL—Asked by The Toronto Star’s editorial board to assess the prospects of the federal Liberals, NDP leadership contender Brian Topp had this to say: “One of the things that Jack Layton used to say is that in a swim race you pay attention to the people ahead of you and not the people behind […]
Two Quebec NDP MPs throw their support to leadership candidate Dewar
PARLIAMENT HILL—Ottawa NDP MP and leadership candidate Paul Dewar has won endorsements from two of the party’s Quebec MPs, who issued a joint statement Friday addressing a whisper campaign about Mr. Dewar’s sometimes halting performance speaking French. “Paul speaks French, he understands French and he is getting better every day. We have no doubt that […]
Topp biggest fundraiser in NDP leadership campaign, but raises only $5,000 in Quebec
PARLIAMENT HILL—Former NDP president Brian Topp has raised $157,597, the most money so far in his bid for the NDP leadership, but the native Quebecer who has billed his roots in Quebec among his draws in a high-profile bid for the party’s leadership, also raised barely more than $5,000 from supporters in the province up […]
Dewar’s camp suggests unnamed leadership contenders could ‘dishonour’ NDP principles, NDP players slam Dewar’s poll
PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP MP and leadership candidate Paul Dewar has stirred up opposing camps in the NDP leadership race with a letter from his campaign manager suggesting either one or more of the other candidates is set to “dishonour” NDP principles by moving the party to the right to become “another Liberal party.” The “e […]
‘Let’s just say my goal is not to be the Mitt Romney of the NDP leadership campaign’
PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP MP and leadership candidate Niki Ashton is down, at the bottom in fact, in terms of her leadership campaign contributions and donors posted by Elections Canada last week. But she is definitely not out. On the eve of one of the most important debates to take place in the NDP’s six-month race, […]
Dewar pushes trust in his NDP leadership bid, plans to unveil detailed campaign plan Tuesday
PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP MP Paul Dewar is shifting gears in his grassroots campaign for the party’s leadership and will unveil on Tuesday a detailed plan of what he would do to begin putting the New Democrats on an election war footing against the Conservatives in his first 100 days at the NDP helm. The plan, obtained […]
NDP leadership candidate Singh could break new ground, say Dippers
PARLIAMENT HILL—The sole candidate from Atlantic Canada in the NDP leadership race, Musquodoboit Harbor, N.S., pharmacist Martin Singh, may break new ground for the party as he focuses his campaign on recruiting new party members from Sikh communities in Ontario and British Columbia, New Democrats say. Mr. Singh, a former Liberal Party member who […]
New Democrats attack Tories’ ‘Republican-style’ assault on unions
PARLIAMENT HILL—New Democrats are gearing up to take on Prime Minister Stephen Harper over what they’re calling a “Republican style” attack on wages and benefits in 2012, with the latest flashpoint a New Year’s Day lockout of nearly 500 workers at the only remaining locomotive manufacturer in Canada. The standoff at the London, Ont., […]
