NDP ‘under the gun’ to name candidates, say politicos, as they trail Grits, Tories on campaign slate

Nearly a third of the NDP caucus elected in 2015 have opted not to return to Parliament, part of the reason the party has only named 12 per cent of the candidates expected to run in 2019.

Jagmeet Singh's NDP lags behind the other parties in nominated candidates, with the party's 40 nominees representing only 12 per cent of those the party will need to run a full slate in October.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

March 20, 2019

The NDP has 12 per cent of its candidates confirmed for the 2019 election, far behind the 61.5 per cent nominated under the Conservative banner and 50 per cent for the Liberals. It puts the New Democrats in a tough spot, say some analysts, but the party’s ex-nationa...

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