Niki Ashton

New Democrats briefly discussed new anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies, and voted in favour of enshrining environmental laws, including protecting whistleblowers and ensuring "consideration of vulnerable populations in environmental risk assessment." They also resolved to "make big polluters pay for the pollution they emit."

In an interview with National Observer, NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh says the key to his success—so far—has been appealing to people's values, not party lines.