Advice for the NDP: go green, or go home 

No individual, even one as talented as Avi Lewis, can save a political party. And no leader, however gifted, can lead people where they don’t want to go.
The federal New Democrats have more than a year to find a leader, but they should start courting Avi Lewis right away. And urging him to learn French.
GATINEAU, QUE.—The federal New Democrats have more than a year to find a leader, but they should start courting Avi Lewis right away. And urging him to learn French. If they want to become relevant again, they need to be bold—and Lewis, a charming and articulate documentary filmmaker, with impe...

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