Mulcair to take a back seat, pave way for leadership candidates to shine in coming months

Potential leadership contenders are NDP MPs Charlie Angus, Peter Julian, and Ruth Ellen Brosseau. While no one has formally announced their intentions to seek the leadership, discussions within caucus are happening. These three MPs say they are not ruling anything out at this point. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY CHELSEA NASH

September 21, 2016

PARLIAMENT HILL—NDP Leader Tom Mulcair will continue to hold the government to account in Question Period, but he will likely take a back seat elsewhere over the coming months to allow “stars” to gain profile before the party elects a new leader next year, say ...

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