Susan Delacourt: Avi Lewis Wants to Rebuild the NDP — Starting in Toronto

Avi Lewis wants to rebuild the NDP — starting in Toronto

The new NDP leader talked with Susan Delacourt, fresh from a press conference on Parliament Hill.

Susan Delacourt: Avi Lewis wants to rebuild the NDP — starting in Toronto

The new NDP leader talked with Susan Delacourt, fresh from a press conference on Parliament Hill.

‘A nation-building project worthy of the term’: Lewis on hot-button issues

Read: 4 min On April 30, new federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis joined NDP MP Gord Johns on Parliament Hill to urge the Carney government to increase funding for mental health. At the press conference, Lewis threw his support behind Johns’ Bill C-201, a private member’s bill that would amend the Canada Health Act to cover community-based mental health and addiction services. However, journalists’ questions quickly took the media event in other directi…