Principle or power? The NDP’s eternal struggle

The NDP has been Canada’s perpetual bridesmaid party, formulating socially progressive policy for the Liberals to repurpose for implementation in government. Veteran strategist Robin Sears, who spent decades advising NDP leaders on both policy and strategy, examines the party’s eternal existential question of balancing principle and the quest for power.

NDP leadership candidates pictured at a debate recently, including NDP MPs Peter Julian, Niki Ashton, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron, and NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROBIN V. SEARS

July 3, 2017

When it comes to opining about New Democrats or the Liberal Party, The Globe and Mail can usually be relied on to be snarky to one or the other. Their lead editorial on May 31, 2017, managed to offend both. “Kathleen Wynne is a great NDP premier” was their sneering response to the Libe...

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