2026 NDP Leadership Race & Pick

[Brad Sallows]

$1B annual revenue to the Crown says otherwise

What's an extra 0.5% across the board (all the contracts under negotiation) worth if they cave because of the indirect pressure from liquor-retailing businesses? Multiply by the actual number of 0.5s that result.

The cost of not being in the business is less than the cost of providing leverage to all unions (me-too) by providing leverage to one particular union. They all know how to whipsaw, and all the governing parties in BC know they know. If the unions believe BCGEU can pressure the government into going higher, they'll throw resources (eg. money for strike pay) behind the BCGEU to help it prolong the strike.

They (government) need to remove the pain point, immediately and permanently. Out of retail, out of wholesale. I suppose they could at least just remove all requirements for businesses to buy from their distributor.

 

[Halifax Tar]

This Rob Ashton guy sounds interesting. More a throw back to its blue collar roots.

Rob Ashton

Rob for NDP leader

robashton.ca

‘We're All Getting Screwed. I’ve Had Enough’ | The Tyee

He was a dockworker, then a labour leader. Now Rob Ashton wants to lead the federal NDP. A Tyee Q&A.

thetyee.ca

Is an NDP Led by Rob Ashton the Worst Nightmare for Both Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney?

A few thoughts on the disruptive potential of the emergence of class politics in Canada

davidcoletto.substack.com

2026 New Democratic Party leadership election - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[CBH99]

Don't think Tom would ever come back to the NDP. From the way he talks, if he got back into politics, I am pretty sure he would be Liberal.

As much as I would never vote for the NDP, either federally or provincially (as things stand now - open to changing my mind in the future) I think Tom would actually do the Liberal party a world of good.

 

[ArmyRick]

As much as I would never vote for the NDP, either federally or provincially (as things stand now - open to changing my mind in the future) I think Tom would actually do the Liberal party a world of good.

I think Tom is very capable but I suspect he has some bitterness towards his old party. They turfed him.

 

[OldSolduer]

I think Tom is very capable but I suspect he has some bitterness towards his old party. They turfed him.

that didn't work out well for the NDP. Serves them right.

 

[Navy_Pete]

This Rob Ashton guy sounds interesting. More a throw back to its blue collar roots.

I miss folks like this in the NDP (like David Christopherson.

Lot of baggage with the NDP 'brand' though, almost wonder if a dedicated labour party might have better luck, and roll in both blue collar as well as the masses of similarly unionized of non unionized white collar worker bees.