NDP promises to name 100-plus candidates in mere days as it trails competition

There are four weeks left for parties to name candidates. If the Greens, Liberals and NDP plan to run full slates, there’s almost 270 candidates combined yet to be named.

Leader Jagmeet Singh’s New Democrats have nominated 181 candidates as of Sept. 3, and are promising to name another 122 in the next 'week and a half.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

September 4, 2019

As it trails the other parties, the NDP says it plans to name another 122 candidates—a third of its roster—in the coming days, as some strategists called its nomination pace “big trouble�...

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