Dewar, Cullen and Topp trotting out specific campaign planks to set themselves apart from other NDP leadership candidates

NDP MP Paul Dewar recruits Toronto NDP backroomer Joe Cressy, who chaired election campaigns for MP Olivia Chow, the widow of late party leader Jack Layton, and city councillor Michael Layton, Mr. Layton’s son, as his media director.

OTTAWA—As at least two NDP MPs, possibly three, are on the sidelines weighing a run at the party leadership, contenders in the field are rounding out their ground campaigns, attracting endorsements and, in the case of Paul Dewar, Nathan Cullen and Brian Topp, trotting out specific cam...

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