OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats will choose their new chief in March 2026 following a six-month management race this fall, the place contenders must submit a $100,00 entry payment, in response to a supply conversant in the choice.
The main points come because the occasion’s federal govt and council met to debate the upcoming race, which is able to start in September.
The NDP’s high job opened up when former occasion chief
Jagmeet Singh stepped down after dropping his seat within the April 28 federal election
, which delivered the occasion its worst electoral defeat but.
The federal New Democrats had been decreased to seven seats within the Home of Commons, down from their earlier 24.
Rebuilding the occasion is ready to be the primary order of enterprise for the brand new chief, which can be no straightforward process contemplating the federal NDP is strapped for money after the election,
with a whole bunch of candidates failing to crack 10 per cent or extra of the votes wanted to qualify for marketing campaign reimbursements from Elections Canada.
That probably means it’s going to lose out on hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, along with the hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in authorities employees and analysis funds the occasion stopped receiving after it didn’t win sufficient seats for official occasion standing.
The upcoming race can be a important approach for the occasion to boost cash, reconnect with occasion members, in addition to attract new supporters.
Just lately, the NDP introduced that human rights and labour lawyer
Emilie Taman, who has beforehand run as a candidate for the occasion, will steer its 2025 election evaluate.
It has dedicated to sharing the outcomes of the evaluate with occasion members earlier than the top of the yr.
Interim NDP Chief Don Davies will lead the occasion’s six-member caucus till a brand new chief is chosen.
Edmonton NDP MP Heather McPherson, who’s believed to be contemplating a management run,
just lately posted a video to Fb
saying she wished to listen to about how the occasion wants to vary.
“The final election was a wake-up name,” she stated within the quick video shared on July 7.
“The NDP performed it secure. We had been impartial in a second that demanded management. We stayed on the sidelines whereas folks had been asking us for options. And because of this, we misplaced belief.”
Former longtime NDP MP Charlie Angus, who didn’t search re-election this yr however has hosted information conferences on Parliament Hill for the reason that election, has stated he doesn’t plan to run for management, however referred to as the final election
“an unmitigated catastrophe” for the occasion.
Angus criticized how folks felt the occasion was too “leader-focused” and ended up dropping contact, and likewise underscored the necessity to rebuild the occasion.
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