Tune in to watch the Toronto Area Council NDP Federal Leadership debate, live today at 7:30 p.m. EST.
Roméo Saganash
Watch the livestream rebroadcast: Toronto Area Council NDP Federal Leadership Debate
Tune in to watch the rebroadcast of the Toronto Area Council NDP Federal Leadership debate. Originally streamed live on Wednesday, January 18, 7:30 p.m. EST. The theme of the debate "An Agenda for Canadian Cities," offers candidates an opportunity to articulate their vision for urban centres. The debate is divided into three main sections: Infrastructure renewal, equality and social issues, and sustainable economy. NOTE ON AUDIO: There were local problems with the sound system. We switched to our own mic a few minutes into the livestream, so sound improves a few minutes in.
After the NDP leadership debate: It's the economy, dippers
The NDP leadership race suddenly seems like a very long, drawn out affair. Initially, there was much outrage -- especially from Thomas Mulcair -- at the suggestion that the party go along with what Jack Layton seemed to want: an earlier leadership convention in January. But now many in the party, led by Winnipeg MP Pat Martin, worry that the party's performance in the Commons is suffering because many of its strongest MPs are out of their critic roles and preoccupied with the race.
