PoliticsIs it too soon to play Ontario coalition game theory? It’s never too soon!Paul Wells: Will there be a ’backroom deal’ between the Ontario Liberals and NDP? Why it’s so tempting—and misguided—to speculate.
OpinionWhat Canada needs now is another Tommy DouglasTom Parkin: If the NDP wins the Ontario election its plan to extend social programs could kick off a much needed new era in co-operative federalism
OpinionA double-double of cynicism in OntarioTom Parkin: Wynne is allowing smart ideas to be condemned as profligate spending. Ford counters with next to nothing. What’s a voter to do?
OttawaThe NDP falls back in line behind a ’mature’ Jagmeet SinghParty stalwart Charlie Angus says the NDP leader’s reversal on punishing an NDP MP has calmed the waters within his caucus
OttawaFree advice to the NDP: Measure twice, cut oncePaul Wells: The NDP was headed toward a possible leadership putsch on Tuesday. It’s time for the party to start asking: does it have a plan?
OpinionToday’s political partisanship is hurting Canada’s best and brightestOpinion: Ian Capstick on how toxic partisanship—which led him to quit CBC’s high-profile Power and Politics panel—is affecting mental health in Ottawa
PoliticsIs Doug Ford’s position on cannabis sales an opportunity for the NDP?The Ontario PC leader’s pro-privatization plank on weed sales is there for the New Democrats’ picking
PoliticsJagmeet Singh’s statement on Sikh separatism: ‘This is not a simple or easy process’The federal NDP leader released a statement on his appearance at a rally for Sikh independence in 2015
OttawaIs Ottawa studying pharmacare to death?A new advisory council is set to study national pharmacare. The NDP’s health critic says it’s redundant and ’kicking the can down the road.’
OttawaThe NDP knows what it stands for. Now begins the work of policymaking.Inequality, pharmacare and intraparty democracy were on the agenda at the NDP’s Ottawa convention. ’The time for timid is over’, said Singh.