Mastodawn

Congratulations to @avilewis , new leader of the federal #NDP !

In these days when Canadian political discourse and policy have moved to the right, it's important to have a strong NDP making the case for different ideas — even if I reject those ideas completely.

It's good to see the hereditary principle at work in #CanPol: we can learn much from our parents and grandparents. I'm sorry to learn of the death of Stephen Lewis; at least in his final days he saw his son's success.

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M. Grégoire 1d ago

I made no particular comment during the race about whom I thought the NDP should pick; it's not realistic to give political advice to people whose politics you oppose. Among federal NDP leaders in my lifetime, I think my favourite was Thomas Mulcair, and the party wasn't very happy with how he worked out.

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M. Grégoire 1d ago

I thank @RuthODay2 for spotting an error in my first post — corrected now.