PETERS – NDP suffers identity crisis here and in Ottawa

Posted on November 25, 2016 in Columns // 1 Comment

THE FEDERAL NDP may finally have a leadership candidate – maybe?

Ontario MP Charlie Angus has stepped aside from his caucus critic roles to contemplate a run at leadership.

Peter Julian might be running, too, but that’s still hypothetical.

It’s a stunning contrast to the Conservative leadership race, in which absolutely everyone appears to be a candidate, indicating at least some widespread hope and ambition for the future within Conservative ranks.

As the NDP silence lingers, it becomes increasingly clear that Jack Layton’s Orange Crush of 2011 was a historical aberration, not a harbinger of things to come.

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