Can a new leader make the NDP relevant again?

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Jagmeet Singh, left, and Charlie Angus seem to be the front-runners in the NDP leadership race, with Niki Ashton and Guy Caron still in the running, writes Les Whittington. Voting for the next party leader begins Sept. 18.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

September 13, 2017

OTTAWA—Gone are the days when the likes of Ruth Ellen Brosseau could trade in a campus bartender gig in Ottawa for a seat in Parliament on the strength of the late Jack Layton’s appeal in Quebec—and accomplish this move without even campaigning in the riding of Berthier-Maskinongé. While the...

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