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The NDP needs boldness

The NDP’s massive loss in last year’s election might prove to be a blessing. Now, with nothing left to defend, the NDP can go on the attack.

Newly elected NDP Leader Avi Lewis, left, shares an embrace with his wife Naomi Klein after he won the party's leadership in Winnipeg on March 29, 2026.The Hill Times photograph by Matthew Merkel

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

May 14, 2026

OAKVILLE, ONT.—In the last federal election, the NDP experienced what I would call its “Hernan Cortés burns the ships” moment.

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