Will the withered NDP disappear? No, it will not

Despite its current malaise, the NDP is too thoroughly embedded in the fabric of Canada’s political culture to unravel completely.

Who qualify as early potential contenders? I see three: Avi Lewis, left, son of former Ontario NDP leader Stephen and grandson of former federal leader David, NDP MP Heather McPherson, the party’s foreign affairs critic, and former B.C. MP Nathan Cullen, writes Nelson Wiseman. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NELSON WISEMAN

July 31, 2025

TORONTO—No, it will not. Despite its current malaise, the New Democratic Party is too thoroughly embedded in the fabric of Canada’s political culture to unravel completely.

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