In her time as Alberta NDP leader, Rachel Notley took the party from also-ran status to the first non-conservative government in history. Could she be the one who finally gets the federal NDP to the promised land of real political power?
New Democrats are gathering for a three-day convention to focus on how to convince voters looking for change they are a better choice than Conservatives, despite having helped to keep the minority Liberal government in power.
The NDP leader should make electoral reform a condition of the party’s participation in the supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals beyond a certain date, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Jack Layton's death deprived Canadian politics of a positive and powerful role model who showed that optimism and hope could do more than just win moral victories.
For the federal Conservatives to win power, they must promise secular government, interesting and appealing economic ideas, an unqualified commitment to equal rights for all and a credible climate policy.
This was the second straight campaign where Jagmeet Singh rated as the most popular leader in Canada, only to wind up leading his party to a fourth-place finish, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
The federal parties took the first full day of campaigning to lay planks in their plans to revive the country's economy after months of pain from the COVID-19 pandemic, and options for covering the costs.
Under the shade of Douglas fir and western hemlock, Jagmeet Singh pulled up to Burnaby Central Park one day last week to greet constituents and gear up for his first campaign-style tour of the summer.