Niki Ashton answers your questions on her candidacy for NDP leader, live today, 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST, on babble!
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NDP leadership candidate Paul Dewar answers your questions today
Paul Dewar answers your questions on his candidacy for NDP leader, live today, 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, on babble!
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Peggy Nash is a serious contender for the NDP leadership
Peggy Nash would be a game changer in the NDP leadership race.
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Why Nathan Cullen is my first choice for NDP leader
This is a power moment in progressive politics. In addition to choosing a new leader for whom the voting is already under way, the March 24 NDP convention will also be a giant getting-to-know-you of a big swath of the grassroots in this country.
The voting process is so open and democratic, it's impossible to foretell how we'll collectively weigh in on the important conversations the leadership process has cracked open. That self-reflection alone will help progressives chart a more empowering future.
More momentous, those with voting rights are holding destiny in their hands. Their choice will have a huge impact beyond the party itself. The health and sharing of wealth in the whole country will be affected.
Peggy Nash answers your questions on her candidacy for NDP leader
Last Friday, rabble.ca's online discussion forum, babble, hosted MP and NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash for an interactive interview in which Peggy answered your questions on her leadership bid. Here is an abridged and edited version of that interview. Read the complete interview on babble here and join the ongoing discussion.
NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen brings co-operation and charisma
It isn't all more prisons and less freedoms. Yes, it has been tough watching the sludge come pouring out of Parliament since Harper got his majority last May. But there's an exciting window of opportunity open right now. It is a limited-time offer, though, so try not to sleep through it.
I'm talking about the NDP leadership race. And frankly, if you're not a supremely dedicated NDP loyalist or a seriously addicted political junkie, it's almost impossible not to be nodding off at the mere mention. Really, how could it be otherwise?
Remembering Nancy Riche: Inspirational labour leaders build a better Canada
The first reaction by the Conservative hit team when Peggy Nash announced for the NDP leadership was to issue a press release lumping her together with candidate Brian Topp, and dismissing them as union "bosses."
This would be laughable, but for the attack on unions orchestrated by the Harper government, and the unwillingness of even the Stéphane Dion-led Liberals to support ant-scab legislation when a Bloc private members bill was brought to parliament for third reading in 2007.
