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    Avi Lewis is the new NDP leader in first ballot victory


    Filmmaker Avi Lewis has been elected as the NDP's new leader defeating his four rivals on the first ballot with nearly 40,000 votes. 

    This victory signals a shift toward the party pushing big, unabashedly left-wing policies like government owned and operated grocery stores as grassroots pushed for change after a devastating election result last year. 

    The party's chief electoral officer says there were nearly 71,000 votes cast.

    Alberta MP Heather McPherson placed second with just shy of 21,000 votes, followed by social worker Tanille Johnston, union leader Rob Ashton and farmer Tony McQuail. 

    Lewis begins his speech with a call for unity in the party, brining his leadership rivals on stage along with the NDP caucus as they all hug it out. 

    Lewis has said that he is not in a rush to enter the House of Commons and plans on starting his leadership by strengthening the grassroots before seeking elected office.

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    2. WAGRAMWAGRAM on

      How come government owned grocery stores have become a super common left wing policy across the world?

      even in France IIRC Mélenchon proposed it in 2022 or 2024 (except his scheme is even more ridiculous because he wants both price caps on food and price floors for farmers, and it has to be all organic)

    3. 5ma5her7 on

      Hot take, but I like the government-owned and operated grocery store in my previous living area.

      Usually, they are basically a discount store for items that cannot sell in time in big supermarkets, in simpler terms, a TkMaxx for groceries, plus they give out free veg/fruits/breads from the overflow of nearby farms/bakeries/supermarkets.

    4. Rivolver on

      The NDP has been best when getting extractions from the federal government in minority parliaments.

      They caught lightening in a bottle with Jack Layton who was helped by an inept Liberal Party and then Mulcair tried to make the party a responsible centrist party following his death—no one cared.

      So this is going back to the left for the NDP in an attempt, I guess, to appeal back to the progressive base. I think the extent to which NDP-leaning voters were responsible for the Carney election is overstated so I don’t think this matters much. The median Canadian is a normie centrist. I’m not sure they’ll like this no matter what rCanadaPolitics thinks.

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