BC considered the 'final frontier' for federal NDP as leadership question looms
Kelowna resident and former federal NDP candidate Cade Desjarlais sees the party in "disarray."
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Rachel Notley is done with Alberta politics. Is Ottawa next?
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?
Will the NDP grassroots push out new ideas at convention?
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.
Jagmeet Singh must raise the price of co-operation
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.
Canadian politics needs more Jack Laytons
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.
The leader Conservatives need
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.
After $24 million, is the NDP just done?
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.
Allegations of flagrant overspending, mishandling Afghanistan dominate campaign trail
Liberals face questions about overspending and Afghanistan on the campaign trail
Federal party leaders fan out across the country
The main party leaders are fanned out across the country as the federal election campaign enters its seventh day.
Economy takes the lead in Canada's 2021 federal election
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.
Jagmeet Singh sets his sights on B.C. to up NDP seats in the West
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.
Singh and Trudeau to meet on priorities
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday, November 14, 2019, where he will lay out his priorities in the hopes of using his party's position in a minority Parliament to get policies and laws that reflect New Democrat platform commitments.
Singh invokes memory of Layton as federal leaders make final pitch in Quebec
The battle for the hearts and votes of Quebecers took centre stage on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, as Liberal, Conservative and New Democrat leaders wooed voters in a province that could determine the outcome of Monday's federal election.
Leaders link up with their political families for Day 3 of federal campaign
The Conservatives, NDP and Greens return to their national tours today, September 13, 2019, after an evening spent sparring in Toronto, while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau picks up his campaign in Quebec.
Federal NDP want voters to hear they're 'In it for You' on the campaign trail
The federal New Democrats have settled on "In it for You" as their English slogan for the upcoming federal election campaign.