Avi Lewis takes on NDP’s electability crisis

Reversing the party’s decline won’t come from better rebranding. The new leader must reconnect with workers, confront populism, and restore political purpose.
Unless new NDP Leader Avi Lewis can reconnect the party, viscerally, to the material truths of everyday life, they will remain politically insufficient, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.

OTTAWA—For years, federal New Democrats have told themselves that the party’s decline could be reversed with better messaging, sharper branding, or a charismatic leader. That’s too easy. The problem runs deeper: organizational, philosophical, and, ultimately, structura...

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