New Democrats vying for party's top job square off in final leadership debate
CBC
Five NDP leadership candidates are set to take the stage in what will be the final debate before members decide who will land the party's top job.
Whoever takes reins will face the difficult task of rebuilding the party after the spring election, where the NDP saw only seven members elected to the House of Commons.
The candidates include: Alberta MP Heather McPherson, activist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tanille Johnston and farmer Tony McQuail.
Tonight's debate — being held in New Westminster, B.C. — will highlight seven key themes, touching on the economy, the future of the party, foreign affairs, the environment, health care and public services.
A first debate, held in Montreal in November, was billed as a French-language event but much of it was conducted in English since most of the candidates are not fluently bilingual.
Former leader Jagmeet Singh announced he would be stepping down on election night after he failed to hold his own seat. Vancouver MP Don Davies has been serving as interim leader since May.
New Democrats will elect a new leader at their party convention at the end of March.
School is out again on the northeast Avalon, as the region continues to dig out from this winter’s biggest storm.
Wikwemikong Tribal Police Servce (WTPS) said a drop in the number of charges against teens last year, particularly boys, is an encouraging sign that early intervention programs are working.
Christian Herridge’s life has not been easy.
Ken Stannix saw a community in economic decline when he retired from a career in the military and moved home to McAdam in 2012.
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Members of the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan (MN-S) who had come to rely on a mental health and addictions support program say the organization should have done more to prepare for the end of federal funding that will force it to close next month.
Islanders applying for or renewing their Prince Edward Island health card after April 1 will see a new optional question about their race or ethnicity.
This winter's lack of snow and mild conditions have impacted the economics of the skiing and biking industry in B.C.'s Interior.
In this city-run seniors' building, Hamilton residents say needles, urine, feces are only steps away
When Rose Hamilton stepped into the stairwell of her apartment building one evening in January, it wasn’t the first time she says she encountered a puddle of urine and feces.
Democrats in Washington are expanding their probe into the circumstances around U.S. President Donald Trump's recent threat to block the opening of the new Gordie Howe bridge connecting Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
Library and Archives Canada is wrapping up one of its largest digitization projects after processing roughly six million federal Indian day school records.
Canadians should learn more about the history of the land they live on, says Cindy Daniels, chief of Cowichan Tribes, as its legal counsel prepares to defend a contentious land claim involving private property, not far outside Metro Vancouver.
Nicole Chantal Pauluzzo says she almost lost two of her fingers to frostbite last month while trying to stay warm in a bus shelter in Thunder Bay, Ont.