Some NDP leadership candidates’ policies ‘not terribly viable,’ says McPherson, who denies she’s running a centrist campaign

Three-time Alberta MP Heather McPherson—whose biggest competition is considered to be self-described democratic socialist Avi Lewis—says her campaign is not centrist ‘by any stretch of the imagination.’

NDP MP and leadership candidate Heather McPherson is focusing her campaign on inviting more Canadians into the party, but says she’s still pitching ‘very progressive’ policies.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

March 2, 2026

Some policies being proposed in the NDP leadership race are “not terribly viable,” says candidate Heather McPherson, who is dismissing assessments that her pitches would move the left-wing party to the middle, saying her efforts to appeal to a broader base still include ...

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