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So far there's some evidence he exists.never heard of him.
Which is more than you can say for the NDP.
Yeah, unsurprising. Me neither, & he’s been the National NDP leader for almost a day now, & his wife is Naomi Klein. The couple are known more for what they’re against than what they’re for it seems. Avi Lewis has never held elective office — running federally for the NDP in British Columbia in 2021 and 2025, and finishing third both times — so he was the clear favourite heading into this weekend’s leadership convention in Winnipeg.
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Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership, will lead party into uncertain future — National Post
Left-wing firebrand Avi Lewis cruised to a first-ballot victory as the results of the NDP leadership vote were announced on Sunday morning
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An anti Zionist.Yeah, unsurprising. Me neither, & he’s been the National NDP leader for almost a day now, & his wife is Naomi Klein. The couple are known more for what they’re against than what they’re for it seems. Avi Lewis has never held elective office — running federally for the NDP in British Columbia in 2021 and 2025, and finishing third both times — so he was the clear favourite heading into this weekend’s leadership convention in Winnipeg.
Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership, will lead party into uncertain future — National Post
Left-wing firebrand Avi Lewis cruised to a first-ballot victory as the results of the NDP leadership vote were announced on Sunday morningAvi Lewis - Wikipedia
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'Equity cards' arguments take over NDP Leadership Convention: 'CANADA IS COOKED'
The general consensus was disbelief that the videos from the convention were not satire nor clips from Saturday Night Live
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published Mar 30, 2026 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 2 minute read
Speaker overseeing delegates debating at NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg.
Speaker overseeing delegates debating at NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg. X
As you already know, the New Democrat Party over the weekend elected a new leader in Avi Lewis.
But prior to him stepping into Jagmeet Singh’s Gucci loafers, there were some other events that took place during the NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg.
Equity cards were handed out to delegates based on identity categories including gender, race and ethnicity, LGBTQ+ and Indigenous status, and those cards — in various colours such as pink, yellow and green — allowed them to jump the line to ensure equitable representation in debates.
However, instead of debating on issues such as the cost of living, inflation, unemployment rates, the health-care system, or crime, the delegates with their equity cards seemed more interested in conveying why they were holding said cards.
Videos posted of disagreements
One video posted to social media shows a person holding up their green gender equity card, claiming to be next to speak, while another woman responded holding up her pink race equity card, noting that it had been previously used inappropriately and that cards for people who identify as Black women “have no value outside of this space.”
Videos of individuals arguing over the misuse of the colour-coded cards, the pro/con speaking order, and the clash of hierarchy between the different groups sparked frustration among attendees and those who wanted to discuss and debate the real issues that are affecting all Canadians.
The speaker didn’t help with moderating the more frivolous battles.
In one instance, one delegate gained applause after making an impassioned speech against involvement in the war in Iran.
However, the speaker was cheered on after she reprimanded the delegate for misgendering the speaker, who identifies as “non-binary.”
The general consensus online seemed to be of disbelief that the videos from the convention were not satire nor clips from Saturday Night Live.
“Arguing who gets the most privilege is next level,” one person wrote. “As a Canadian I am embarrassed.”
A second user commented: “Canada is cooked,” while another added, “what a complete farce.”
While some defended the cards system, there were others who admitted how “performative” this would appear to the average person.
Then there were those who couldn’t believe how the NDP has changed.
“Went from the party promoting health care and workers’ rights to promoting bulls*** the common person does not relate with,” one person wrote on Reddit.
A second person wrote: “That’s literally it. Instead it’s a club of people that never wants to say ‘no’ or ‘that idea is stupid’ to each other.”
A third user agreed: “This. It’s an absolute nightmare working in a group with people like this. Positivity is a nice character trait, sure. But praising every idea out of fear of offending gets you nowhere but to the lowest common denominator, which is where the federal NDP has been heading for a while.”
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The general consensus was disbelief that the videos from the convention were not satire nor clips from Saturday Night Live
Author of the article
enette WilfordPublished Mar 30, 2026 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 2 minute read
Speaker overseeing delegates debating at NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg.
Speaker overseeing delegates debating at NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg. X
As you already know, the New Democrat Party over the weekend elected a new leader in Avi Lewis.
But prior to him stepping into Jagmeet Singh’s Gucci loafers, there were some other events that took place during the NDP Leadership Convention in Winnipeg.
Equity cards were handed out to delegates based on identity categories including gender, race and ethnicity, LGBTQ+ and Indigenous status, and those cards — in various colours such as pink, yellow and green — allowed them to jump the line to ensure equitable representation in debates.
However, instead of debating on issues such as the cost of living, inflation, unemployment rates, the health-care system, or crime, the delegates with their equity cards seemed more interested in conveying why they were holding said cards.
Videos posted of disagreements
One video posted to social media shows a person holding up their green gender equity card, claiming to be next to speak, while another woman responded holding up her pink race equity card, noting that it had been previously used inappropriately and that cards for people who identify as Black women “have no value outside of this space.”
Videos of individuals arguing over the misuse of the colour-coded cards, the pro/con speaking order, and the clash of hierarchy between the different groups sparked frustration among attendees and those who wanted to discuss and debate the real issues that are affecting all Canadians.
The speaker didn’t help with moderating the more frivolous battles.
In one instance, one delegate gained applause after making an impassioned speech against involvement in the war in Iran.
However, the speaker was cheered on after she reprimanded the delegate for misgendering the speaker, who identifies as “non-binary.”
The general consensus online seemed to be of disbelief that the videos from the convention were not satire nor clips from Saturday Night Live.
“Arguing who gets the most privilege is next level,” one person wrote. “As a Canadian I am embarrassed.”
A second user commented: “Canada is cooked,” while another added, “what a complete farce.”
While some defended the cards system, there were others who admitted how “performative” this would appear to the average person.
Then there were those who couldn’t believe how the NDP has changed.
“Went from the party promoting health care and workers’ rights to promoting bulls*** the common person does not relate with,” one person wrote on Reddit.
A second person wrote: “That’s literally it. Instead it’s a club of people that never wants to say ‘no’ or ‘that idea is stupid’ to each other.”
A third user agreed: “This. It’s an absolute nightmare working in a group with people like this. Positivity is a nice character trait, sure. But praising every idea out of fear of offending gets you nowhere but to the lowest common denominator, which is where the federal NDP has been heading for a while.”
'Equity cards' arguments take over NDP Leadership Convention: 'CANADA IS COOKED'
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Anti-a lot of things. It’s their “identity.”
Yeah…& they want their turn at federal governance.
It’s worse than any student representative council in an elementary school.
Unfortunately, they exist. Our riding has the sad misfortune to have one of the 6 representing us.
Jew hater like most of the leftards. They still think Jews control the world money supply.
It seems that Big Labour has completely and officially lost control of the NDP. The next round of provincial elections will be interesting. Will our unions still be asking us to support a party that is obviously against workers? In BC and Alberta, at least, the provincial parties are almost as far left, and against real jobs. Probably because the same group has infiltrated the farm league as well. Or will there be a clear split between the provincial(farm teams) and the federal party?
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Twice in the last two weeks, an action by the federal NDP has spurred a flurry of viral social media posts and coverage in foreign media.
The first was a series of video segments from the NDP’s Winnipeg AGM in which delegates can be seen bickering over “equity cards”; literal cards that mete out priority access based on the holder’s various racial or sexual identities.
And then, just this week, it was a press conference in which NDP MP Leah Gazan condemned the Carney government’s failure to fund “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+.”
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YouTube & This Member Of Canadian Parliament Unveils New Acronym MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+. Just one video of the delivery posted online by a British social media influencer has garnered more than 63 million views as of Thursday.
The string of letters is the updated version of what used to be cited as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Although the term was coined to point to a very specific crisis of Indigenous women being murdered at outsized rates, activists have expanded the acronym to include every conceivable sexual and trans identity in addition to women, including “two spirit” (2S) and “questioning” (the second Q).
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The first was a series of video segments from the NDP’s Winnipeg AGM in which delegates can be seen bickering over “equity cards”; literal cards that mete out priority access based on the holder’s various racial or sexual identities.
And then, just this week, it was a press conference in which NDP MP Leah Gazan condemned the Carney government’s failure to fund “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+.”
This Member Of Canadian Parliament Unveils New Acronym MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ But You Won’t Believe This
👁️NEW: NDP member of Parliament Leah Gazan condemns Budget 2026 for cutting $7B from Indigenous Services Canada and Crown Indigenous relations. (Wait for it...
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The string of letters is the updated version of what used to be cited as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Although the term was coined to point to a very specific crisis of Indigenous women being murdered at outsized rates, activists have expanded the acronym to include every conceivable sexual and trans identity in addition to women, including “two spirit” (2S) and “questioning” (the second Q).
FIRST READING: Iranian-Canadian activist threatened with criminal charges for posts — National Post
Goldie Ghamari told she faced possible jail time for encouraging Iranian mosques to be bombed
It was very embarrassing to all of Canada. Especially bad for the unions that have been propping up the NDP for decades. All of a sudden, their party of conviction is out to destroy most non government jobs, and whole industries.
Big labour ran into public sector unions and the public sector won . NDP have been the property of CUPE for years .
We did 10 years of Trudeau so we’ve got thick skins.
If Canada doesn't dedicate its entire budget to this…it might already be too late.
If Canada doesn't dedicate its entire budget to this…it might already be too late.
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Bob and Doug McKenzie.We did 10 years of Trudeau so we’ve got thick skins.
(YouTube & If Canada doesn't dedicate its entire budget to this…it might already be too late)If Canada doesn't dedicate its entire budget to this…it might already be too late.
If Canada doesn't dedicate its entire budget to this…it might already be too late.
NDP could be on road to extinction
Ironically, the collapse of the NDP may help the Mark Carney Liberal government in the next election
Author of the articleostmedia News
Published Apr 25, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Avi Lewis gestures while speaking
Avi Lewis, who was proclaimed as the new leader of the NDP, speaks at the party convention in Winnipeg Sunday, March 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
The federal NDP has just been reduced to five seats in the House of Commons after capturing a mere seven seats and just 6.29% of the popular vote in last year’s election, losing official party status.
Since then, former NDP MP Lori Idlout has defected to the Liberals and on Monday, Alexandre Boulerice, the party’s lone Quebec MP, is expected to announce his resignation to run in Quebec’s provincial election this fall for Quebec Solidaire.
When that happens the NDP will not have a single seat in the House of Commons east of Manitoba.
Statistically speaking, and granted the numbers are small, the NDP has lost 28% of its caucus in just under a year, with Boulerice bolting for Quebec politics despite having been urged to stay by newly elected leader Avi Lewis.
This latest defection marks the dramatic decline of the NDP in federal politics ever since its best showing under the late Jack Layton in the 2011 election when it captured 103 seats, 30.6% of the popular vote and official opposition status, during a Conservative majority government led by Stephen Harper.
Since then it’s been downhill, leading to last year’s election debacle, including the two-year period under former leader Jagmeet Singh when it propped up Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government from 2022 to 2024.
Ironically, the collapse of the NDP may help the Mark Carney Liberal government in the next election.
The Conservatives need a viable NDP to take away votes from the Liberals in order to win federally.
Indeed, the last time the Conservatives won an election was in 2011, when the NDP was at the height of its power as the official opposition.
Conversely, a weak and indeed near dead NDP works to the advantage of the Liberals.
Having elected a new leader without a seat in the Commons and no federal election pending, this would be a good time for the party to critically and humbly examine the reasons why it has become an afterthought to most voters in federal elections.
Lewis has said he wants to take the party to the left – presumably meaning further to the left than it already was prior to his election as leader – in the wake of Carney moving the Liberals to the right.
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Ironically, the collapse of the NDP may help the Mark Carney Liberal government in the next election
Author of the article
ostmedia NewsPublished Apr 25, 2026 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Avi Lewis gestures while speaking
Avi Lewis, who was proclaimed as the new leader of the NDP, speaks at the party convention in Winnipeg Sunday, March 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
The federal NDP has just been reduced to five seats in the House of Commons after capturing a mere seven seats and just 6.29% of the popular vote in last year’s election, losing official party status.
Since then, former NDP MP Lori Idlout has defected to the Liberals and on Monday, Alexandre Boulerice, the party’s lone Quebec MP, is expected to announce his resignation to run in Quebec’s provincial election this fall for Quebec Solidaire.
When that happens the NDP will not have a single seat in the House of Commons east of Manitoba.
Statistically speaking, and granted the numbers are small, the NDP has lost 28% of its caucus in just under a year, with Boulerice bolting for Quebec politics despite having been urged to stay by newly elected leader Avi Lewis.
This latest defection marks the dramatic decline of the NDP in federal politics ever since its best showing under the late Jack Layton in the 2011 election when it captured 103 seats, 30.6% of the popular vote and official opposition status, during a Conservative majority government led by Stephen Harper.
Since then it’s been downhill, leading to last year’s election debacle, including the two-year period under former leader Jagmeet Singh when it propped up Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government from 2022 to 2024.
Ironically, the collapse of the NDP may help the Mark Carney Liberal government in the next election.
The Conservatives need a viable NDP to take away votes from the Liberals in order to win federally.
Indeed, the last time the Conservatives won an election was in 2011, when the NDP was at the height of its power as the official opposition.
Conversely, a weak and indeed near dead NDP works to the advantage of the Liberals.
Having elected a new leader without a seat in the Commons and no federal election pending, this would be a good time for the party to critically and humbly examine the reasons why it has become an afterthought to most voters in federal elections.
Lewis has said he wants to take the party to the left – presumably meaning further to the left than it already was prior to his election as leader – in the wake of Carney moving the Liberals to the right.
EDITORIAL: NDP could be on road to extinction
The federal NDP has been reduced to just five seats in the House of Commons. Read more.
The NDP leadership, if you can call it that, has completely lost touch with its real base. Ordinary working people. This has actually been going on for decades, but has now come into full bloom. The current leadership is pushing pie in the sky environmentalism, opposed to a good sized piece of what the working people need and do to earn a living. Almost like the ecoterrorists took over a mostly functioning party with a base of very low information voters because the green party has been found to be all about destroying the economy and therefore not relevant to most people.