US Edition[Opinion] Nearly Half of Sask. Residents' Donations in NDP Race Went to Avi Lewis
Elections Canada data show 407 Saskatchewan donors gave Lewis about $47,300, even after Beck said his fossil-fuel stance was antithetical to party values.
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In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership
Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) has elected a new leader, someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of U.S. figures like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani. On March 29, the NDP elected Avi Lewis on the first round of balloting with 55 percent of the vote in his first successful political campaign. The NDP was decimated in the… Source
Nearly half of Sask. residents' donations in NDP race went to Avi Lewis
Avi Lewis' victory in the federal NDP leadership race drew swift rebuke from Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck, but contribution data suggests party supporters in the province have a different opinion of Lewis.
Avi Lewis was elected leader of the New Federal Democratic Party (NDP) on the promise to revitalize the anemic Canadian Social Democratic Party by directing it to "the left" and attacking "the billionaire class."
Avi Lewis and redefining 'radical'
Avi Lewis is unlikely to become prime minister any time soon. But the new NDP leader wants to urgently jump-start our transition from oil to green technologies with the new revenues and jobs they promise. Pragmatist-in-chief, Prime Minister Mark Carney, made similar arguments before he became a politician. These are not 'crazy' ideas.
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