Quebec unimpressed with NDP

There is no candidate guaranteed to be competitive in Quebec in 2019 and no prohibitive favourite among the province's ranks.

NDP leadership candidates Jagmeet Singh, left, and Guy Caron at a debate in Sudbury, Ont., on May 28, 2017. Chantal Hébert writes that some Quebec New Democrats warn that under a turban-wearing Sikh leader, the party would hit a wall in the province.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

September 4, 2017

MONTREAL—The numbers are in and they don't bode well for the NDP in Quebec, regardless of the outcome of the party's upcoming leadership vote. The enthusiasm that attended the 2011 orange wave has given way to widespread voter indifference as well as internal discomfort within the province's depl...

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