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.

 

[HavokFour]

Well this will make things interesting, we'll see if voting members remember the roots of the NDP. She is also the only sitting NDP MP running in the leadership race.

NDP leadership candidate Heather McPherson to table bill prohibiting company unions

"Workers deserve to know that the people negotiating on their behalf are accountable to them, and only to them," she said, adding that "company unions should not exist in Canada."

www.ipolitics.ca

 

[RangerRay]

At first, I did a double-take. Then I read this from the article:

Company unions are organized employee unions that are accountable to the employer, and their existence runs afoul of international labour law.

These “unions” sound like a scam if they’re basically in cahoots with the employers. Kind of like the labour unions in the PRC and USSR.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Well, at least they narrowed it down to two

Hard-left political party erases women and now refers to two sexes as 'men' and 'non-men' to keep trans activists happy​

The New Democratic Party of Canada has come under scrutiny for an email that appeared to be sent to members, announcing newly elected leaders as 'non-male' and 'male'.

Independent journalist Jonathan Kay shared the email on X with the caption: 'The @NDP now apparently classifies its executive members in two categories: (1) NON-MALE, and (2) MALE.'

The screenshotted email was apparently sent by the New Westminster - Burnaby -Maillardville chapter and detailed highlights from the party's last annual general meeting.

The new members who identified as 'non-male' were listed as Doris Mah, Alodie Yen, Agnes Jackman, Penny Oyama, and Marla Penner.

The 'male' members were listed as Dante Abbey, Eric Van Fleet, Aidan McDonough, Peter Julian, and Kebebe Abate.

The apparent leaked email went viral on X, with many social media users denouncing the party's 'erasure' of women.

'The party of acceptance has erased women. How nice of them...' one tweet read.

'Alienating half of the voting public seems like a poor political strategy,' another comment noted.

Leftist political party refers to two sexes as 'men' and 'non-men'

A recent tweet seemingly revealing an email from members of a progressive political party in Canada referred only to newly-elected members as 'non-male' and 'male'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[ModlrMike]

I know they're the party of "nobody needs a gun", but talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[The Bread Guy]

At first, I did a double-take. Then I read this from the article:



These “unions” sound like a scam if they’re basically in cahoots with the employers. Kind of like the labour unions in the PRC and USSR.

Sounds more like “employee associations” than what most folks picture as a “union.” Interesting wordsmithing there …