Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair spends week on urban agenda It’s a holiday weekend — and that means last week was a week for MPs to be in their constituencies. For the Toronto NDP caucus, it was also a week to host their leader, Thomas Mulcair — and to sharpen the NDP’s focus on urban [...]
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in BC Election 2013 No one can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory quite like the New Democrats in my native British Columbia. Still, while Tuesday’s upset B.C. election victory by Premier Christy Clark and her un-liberal Liberals is inevitably going to be, well, upsetting to a [...]
Thomas Mulcair and delegation deny pipeline-bashing Thomas Mulcair says he has nothing to learn from Conservatives about how an official Opposition leader should comport himself when travelling outside Canada. Indeed, the NDP leader says the Tories – who’ve been bashing him all week for allegedly “trash talking” Canada during a visit to Washington and New [...]
Canada has improved its environmental protection performance more than Thomas Mulcair admits By Kenneth Green and Joel Wood Thomas Mulcair, federal NDP leader and Leader of the Opposition, has recently been berating Canada’s environmental performance as he travels in the United States: “In the U.S. people know how to read,”Mulcair said. “They know that [...]
Federal NDP constitution requires two-thirds majority to change Troy Media – by Phil Elder Given that many organizations, including the federal NDP, require a two-thirds majority to amend their constitutions, is the NDP’s suggestion of a 50 per cent plus one vote decision rule appropriate for a referendum to divide up Canada? Does the [...]
Quiet, steady work occurring to retain New Democrats 2011 gains By Bruce A Stewart Looking back on the fall session, you might think the New Democrats in Ottawa had been eclipsed by the rise of Justin-mania. Polls show the Liberals picking up, and the NDP falling off a bit. More important, much [...]
