Oct 1, 2019
Campaigning for change in British Columbia's Conservative strongholds
Alex Cosh
The NDP's Madeleine Sauvé is one of several candidates carrying a left-leaning platform deep into B.C.'s right-wing heartlands.
New Democratic Party of Canada
Sep 24, 2019
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hits his stride early in the campaign
Karl Nerenberg
Good news both for the traditional party of the left and for the progressive side of the political spectrum: the dark and dour media narrative about the NDP has changed dramatically for the better.
May 7, 2019
Paul Manly's Green victory is personal vindication and sends a message on climate change
Karl Nerenberg
Does the Green win mean Canadians might be much more serious about climate change than most politicians seem to think? Maybe, but one byelection does not tell the whole story.
Jan 16, 2017
Oilsands phase-out freak-out explained: Conservatives think road back to Ottawa runs through Edmonton
David J. Climenhaga
Decarbonization? No problem! Wait! That was then. This is now.
Aug 1, 2016
One year ago, Stephen Harper, master of all he surveyed, called an election -- what could possibly go wrong?
David J. Climenhaga
Justin Trudeau is popular because Canadians still have the image of what a decade of Conservative government looks like, looming large in our collective rearview mirror.
Apr 14, 2016
Just when the nattering nabobs of neoliberal negativism felt safe to write off the NDP, the crack of Doomsday opens!
David J. Climenhaga
Gee, all of a sudden it seems like the entire prevailing right-wing narrative about Alberta is bunk!
Apr 10, 2016
On stage in Edmonton: The tough Rachel Notley who frightens conservatives, and may scare certain New Democrats too
David J. Climenhaga
After a speech like yesterday's, the conservative refrain that Alberta Premier Rachel Notley isn't fighting for what Albertans want is starting to wear pretty thin.
Jan 7, 2016
Alberta NDP defies voters by continuing to govern as if it won the election that put it in power: political scientist
David J. Climenhaga
It's been almost nine months now. Surely it's time for Alberta conservatives to get up to speed on how this democracy thing works!
Apr 9, 2013
Canadian politics and the 's' word
Steven Shrybman
At its upcoming policy convention the NDP will once again debate whether it should abandon any reference, prominent or otherwise, to democratic "socialism".
Apr 9, 2013
The NDP and its radical roots
Radical means going back to the roots of a question or a problem and trying to find its source, so as to better understand what to do. The roots of the CCF/NDP were in the world economy of the 1930s.
