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OTTAWA—There were cheers. But also some winces.

When Canadian Labour Congress president Bea Bruske asked NDP leadership hopeful Avi Lewis to describe the future of the labour movement in one word during an October forum, he shook his head and raised his hand in protest.

“Can’t do it,” he countered. “It’s two. General. Strike.”

May I suggest MAID?

Challenged by many Liberals, New Democrats, and a wide swathe of Canadians, to defend his softening on fossil fuels, especially liquid natural gas (LNG), one might forgive Prime Minister Mark Carney for saying to himself, or even out loud, “Because its 2025, not 2015!”

The year of Justin Trudeau’s first election victory, followed by the Paris agreement on climate, was an ebullient moment for Canadian green progressives. The United States had finally moved to sanity on climate. Deadlines for transition away from fossil fuels were set by many countries and companies at what were seen as “aspirational” levels.

OTTAWA — The NDP is weighing how to fast-track its campaign readiness in the case of a snap election, sources say, as its MPs weigh a budget vote that could trigger the fall of the Carney government.

Days before Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his first budget, the party’s governing body discussed giving its headquarters the power to nominate candidates speedily, including current leadership contestants, and outlined plans to run a pared-down campaign focusing on winning back ridings lost in the previous election rather than a leader-focused national operation, said two sources with knowledge of the discussions who were granted anonymity to speak freely.

“Confession: I get shredded cheese,” said Avi Lewis, feigning sheepishness, to a Zoom audience of approximately 500 people on Wednesday. The event, titled “Emergency Austerity Budget Town Hall,” held in response to the Liberal government’s newly-released 2025 budget, was half NDP buzzword salad, half leadership campaign.

‘We can’t keep increasing fossil fuel production,’ says NDP leadership candidate

NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says Canada cannot keep increasing fossil fuel production, likening the practice to an “addiction.”

Lewis, during a panel discussion on Friday with his main competitors in the race, labour leader Rob Ashton and Edmonton MP Heather McPherson, attempted to distinguish himself by telling the crowd that he would not support further expansion of natural gas, oil or coal in Canada.

“We need really straightforward policies that distinguish ourselves from the federal Liberals,” Lewis said. “We cannot keep increasing fossil fuel production in this country.”

OTTAWA—Federal NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is among a group of Jewish academics slamming one of Canada’s biggest pro-Israel Jewish groups as anti-Palestinian in a new report released Tuesday.

The report, authored by six members of the Jewish Faculty Network, is based on an examination of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ (CIJA) public statements and social media posts during the first six months of the war in Gaza. It argues the organization has promoted anti-Palestinian racism “through the idea that unrestricted violence against Palestinians is necessary for Jewish safety,” pushed for a crackdown on protesters critical of Israel, and excluded dissenting Jewish voices.

For the sake of Canadian workers and their families, and Canada’s ambition to establish economic sovereignty, the time has come to reform public‑sector union funding and end mandatory dues.

This is clear from last week, when the anti-capitalist Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) held its biennial national convention at the luxurious Metro Toronto Convention Centre. There, the national union, representing 800,000 public employees, spent its time debating Canada’s withdrawal from NATO, pledging funds for legal defences of activists who protest foreign conflicts, and passing resolutions disconnected from everyday workplace realities. At this point, it’s fair to ask whether mandatory union dues still serve their purpose.

Worried about the price of groceries? Of course you are. Socialists in Canada are hoping to take advantage of you.

Avi Lewis, a candidate for leader of the federal New Democratic Party, posted a video extolling the virtues of publicly owned grocery stores.

Around the world, state-owned grocery stores have resulted in long lines and empty shelves—just ask anyone from the former Soviet Union.

But the NDP are historically illiterate and they hope you are too. pic.twitter.com/0gY5c3dp52

— Kevin Vuong ️ (@KevinVuongxMP) October 10, 2025

OTTAWA — Two separate paths to party renewal — and three very different contenders — have emerged as the race to choose the next leader of the federal NDP begins to take shape.

While still in its opening weeks, the contest is already shaping up as a referendum over whether the NDP should double down on courting middle-class moderates or focus its energies on reconnecting with its traditional blue-collar base.

The NDP hates Whites but especially White males they will tolerate self-hating White women when convenient.

Hamish Telford doesn’t envy whoever is elected next leader of the federal NDP.

The University of Fraser Valley political scientist is likely not the only one who feels for the next person to head the flagging left-wing party.

The two front-running candidates, Telford said, are “idealistic” former journalist Avi Lewis, who is based in Metro Vancouver, and “pragmatic” Edmonton MP Heather McPherson. Montreal activist Yves Engler and Rob Ashton, a Vancouver union leader, are also throwing in their hats.

The NDP hate the working class, in particular the white working class. They will not win them back. (Incognito)

Recent decades in politics have made us cynical. We rarely trust our politicians to wield power effectively or honestly. Our politicians have responded by making their promises smaller and more boutique, or else giving up their power altogether. Our cynicism has made us lazy and unimaginative.

And so the tools of public policy have, increasingly, become targeted tax cuts and public-private partnerships. The results have been worsening government services and a distinct feeling like Canada can’t build anything anymore.

The NDP don’t know how to make their own lunch.