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The crisis in the NDP

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As delegates prepare for its April 8-10 Edmonton convention, the federal NDP membership is in turmoil. As a group of Quebec members wrote, the party has lost its way.

The New Democratic Party needs to redefine itself in a new political environment.

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As its convention approaches, the NDP faces its biggest test yet

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Treating voters as citizens -- and other lessons from my time in politics

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The most memorable moment of the 2015 federal election may be the release of a surveillance video capturing a candidate urinating into a stranger's coffee cup.

That episode comes to mind, oddly, as I think of what I learned during my recent two-year foray into electoral politics.

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A new report from the CCPA details the state of Canada's public services and sifts through the Liberal Party's election promises.
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Holiday cheer for New Democrats: Five toasts for the New Year

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The House of Commons met December 3, and elected a speaker; it heard a speech from the throne the next day; and it will rise for a holiday break December 11, returning January 25, 2016.

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With new governments in Alberta and Ottawa, Parkland Institute asks: What's left?

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Not many universities in the world can claim a full-blown left-wing think-tank. To its credit (and continued surprise for some, including its senior officers), the University of Alberta houses the Parkland Institute, a leading source of Canadian political economy research, and left animation of political life in Alberta and Canada.

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Alberta NDP sticks to its guns

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Alberta Premier rejects "immediate, massive, reckless cuts" proposed by the opposition and vows to stay the course on her government’s chosen role as economic shock absorber.

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Progress and the battle of economic ideas in election 2015

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