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Why Avi Lewis Thinks He Can Save the NDP
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Avi Lewis joins Steve to discuss his NDP leadership bid, why he wants to be the leader of a party that 94% of Canadian voters rejected in the last election, the decline of the NDP since Jack Layton, how Trudeau passed the NDP on the left, if Jagmeet Singh was a good leader, and why the NDP needs to return to its roots as a “working-class” party.
They also get into if the party focussed too much on identity politics, why the populist right has captured all those voters who also believe the game is rigged and unfair, the prospect of a wealth tax, why we’ve lost the ability to build big things in Canada, if we care about climate change anymore, the failure of the carbon tax, Alberta separatism, and his family’s long history in NDP politics. (Yes, they cover a LOT of ground.)
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