On this episode activist and academic Christo Aivalis argues that, despite a third-place finish, Niki Ashton’s campaign for the NDP leadership succeeded in pulling the ideological conversation within the Party firmly to the left.
We also dig into some of the leadership race results and discuss the potential of a Jagmeet Singh-led federal NDP.
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