News of Topp’s leadership contention premature
'I don’t have anything to say about the leadership question. Jack’s funeral is in a few days and that’s what we’re talking about,' says NDP president Brian Topp, whose echelon of the party issued a directive to MPs this week advising them not to discuss the leadership in media interviews and focus instead on public comments about their relations with Mr. Layton.
PARLIAMENT HILL—Surprise reports placing one of Jack Layton’s closest backroom strategists and campaign organizers as not only a potential candidate to succeed his as leader, but a top contender in a race that has not yet started, have rocked New Democrats and the wider world of polit...
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