Whither—or is it wither?—the NDP

Trying to please the party's various factions on the pipeline/climate change issue has kept the NDP silent, or disjointed, on a crucial policy front.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley 'has become almost unrecognizable as a New Democrat,' writes Susan Riley, as she has tried to defend the oilsands industry in national policy debates. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

September 3, 2018

CHELSEA, QUE.—Federal leader Jagmeet Singh isn’t the only New Democrat facing a daunting uphill climb this fall: trying to win a seat, losing veteran MPs to retirement, stumbling into unnecessary controversies. The entire party, federal and provincial, is a mess of contradictory policies, clashi...

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