NDP leadership contest taking place in ‘unprecedented’ format

Pictured are candidates, from second from left, Niki Ashton, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron, and Jagmeet Singh, at a United Steelworkers debate in June in Toronto. Peter Julian, far left, was a candidate but dropped out of the race in July. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH, KRISTEN SHANE

August 16, 2017

The NDP are trying something new this time around to pick their leader. The next leader of the party will be elected via a preferential, ranked-choice ballot system, but one that can be altered between rounds. The party is doing away with hosting one big convention, which is the (pardon the pun) c...

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