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NDP LEADERSHIP - FIRST ROUND: Avi Lewis: 39734 Heather McPherson: 20899 Tanille Johnston: 5159 Rob Ashton: 4193 Tony McQuail: 945 (Avi Lewis wins on the first ballot)

Lewis: 56% McPherson: 29% Johnston: 7% Ashton: 6% McQuail: 1%

🚨 NEW: Federal voting intention 🟥 ALP: 32% (-) 🟧 ONP: 29% (+1) 🟦 L/NP: 17% (-2) 🟩 GRN: 13% (+1) ⬛️ OTH: 9% (-) Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 53% (-1) 🟦 L/NP: 47% (+1) ALP vs ONP 🟥 ALP: 53% (-1) 🟧 ONP: 47% (+1) RedBridge/Accent | 23-27 Mar | n=1003 | +/- 23-27 Feb

🚨 NEW: Federal voting intention 🟥 ALP: 31% (-1) 🟧 ONP: 26% (-1) 🟦 L/NP: 21% (+1) 🟩 GRN: 12% (+1) ⬛️ OTH: 10% (-) Newspoll | 23-26 Mar | n=1232 | +/- 23-26 Feb

New RedBridge/Accent Research poll. March 23–27. After the commencement of the fuel crisis. The Coalition has recorded its lowest primary vote in our polling series. 17%. Down another two points. One Nation is at 29%. Labor vote steady. One Nation is now twelve points ahead of the Coalition that has governed Australia for the majority of the post-war era. In polling numbers, One Nation is now the Opposition. The numbers say so. The geography says so. The demographics say so. On the fuel crisis: the vast majority of Australians we surveyed blame Donald Trump. This is significant. It means the economic pain is being sheeted home to someone the Coalition has been reluctant to publicly confront, except Andrew Hastie. That silence is costing them. The realignment is not coming. It is here. The question now is whether the Coalition survives as a meaningful political force or whether it completes its transformation into a third party trailing a movement it helped create. More details below.

Lewis has called for more immigration to Canada, at a time when Canadians could not be more hostile to the idea Recent polling finds 52% of Canadians want fewer immigrants coming to Canada than already slated to come here, while only 9% say there should be more

Today, the federal New Democratic Party selected its new leader. It is clear that the direction of the federal party under this new leader, someone who openly cheered for the defeat of the Alberta NDP government, is not in the interests of Alberta. Last year, Alberta’s New Democrats voted overwhelmingly to make membership in the federal party optional. Many thousands of our provincial members, including myself, are not members of the federal party. We are a big tent and welcome the support of people who vote for every federal party. We believe in Alberta and we believe in Canadian energy and the good jobs it creates. We believe in more pipelines and in reducing emissions. We believe in strong public services and a strong jobs-driven economy to help pay for them. This is what we are fighting for every day. Albertans deserve federal leaders who understand the importance of Alberta and our essential role in the federation. Our focus is not on what the federal NDP says or does. Our fight is with Danielle Smith and the separatist UCP. Albertans deserve a better government, and we are here to be that better government.

From the Saskatchewan NDP to the newly elected Avi Lewis "The positions you have taken when it comes to Natural resource development are ideological and unrealistic ... I will meet with you (When you publicly reverse your position on these issues)"

Encore une autre attaque au Royaume-Uni...

Cannot read article because of paywall. But, my take: in the West, right-wingers should end their unholy alliance with Christian nationalists and left-wingers should end their unholy alliance with Islamists. Religious influence in politics is always nefarious.

Core French is provincial responsibility. It's up to the provinces to set up an adequate education system that produces fully bilingual anglophone graduates. The Premiers of majority-anglophone provinces are the ones at fault for this linguistic mediocrity.

(Models Available For Subscribers) Federal Polling: LPC: 46% (+2) CPC: 30% (-11) NDP: 11% (+5) BQ: 5% (-1) Others: 8% Spark Insights / March 26, 2026 / n=4000 / Online (% Change w 2025 Federal Election) Visit @338Canada for polling details: 338canada.com

@TweetbatsPod Even the most left-leaning Liberal is to my right...

@SecularSocDem There's a liberal party for you then lol

He's not even won the leadership yet but Avi Lewis is the worst NDP leader in party history. I had disagreements with Mulcair but I still supported the party under his leadership. With the shit show that was Singh and now Lewis? I can't even root for them to remain in parliament.

Avi Lewis could be set for a big NDP leadership win, but remains polarizing within the party nationalpost.com/news/canada/av…

I’ve never seen Canada’s @NDP in such dire circumstances in my 25+ years following Canadian politics. And yet, the party is poised to elect firebrand leftist @avilewis this weekend rendering Canada’s social democratic party even more irrelevant. Lewis and his band of supporters are anything but moderate Social Democrats — indeed they’re radicals: anti-Canadian energy, anti-Western and anti-Israel verging on anti-Semitic; these are merely some of the adjectives one could reasonably use to describe this iteration of the NDP. As a partisan Liberal, I couldn’t care less if the NDP are intent on becoming even more irrelevant to debates around politics and public policy at this most crucial time in our history. But as a Canadian, which I am always first and foremost, I mourn the essential death of the NDP. The party currently plays a critical role governing (mostly responsibly) in BC and Manitoba and forms a compelling Official Opposition in provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan. The pragmatic “Prairie populism” of Western Canadian provincial New Democrats has always been sensible; but with Avi Lewis at the helm, the federal party is about to take a sharp turn to the radical left leaving a not insignificant rupture between the NDP’s federal and provincial wings. Canada needs a robust, moderate social Democratic Party — especially in this moment. To fight for the unemployed, labour, the working poor and equity seeking groups that are genuinely struggling in an era of fiscal retrenchment. But mark my words: an Avi Lewis-led NDP will always prioritize divisive culture wars over fighting for the interests of everyday Canadians — every time. And that’s a real loss for Canada and social democracy in this country. #cdnpoli

"What best describes the main reason you wouldn't vote NDP?" - (Pick 3): Can't Win/Wasted Vote: 31% Not Ready To Govern: 31% Like Other Parties/Leaders Better: 27% Not The Right Fit Right Now: 25% Don't Agree With Their Policies: 24% Focus On Issues Not Important To Me: 20% Don't Know What They Stand For Anymore: 20% Don't Trust Them To Follow Through On Their Promises: 17% Abacus / March 24, 2026

So the conservative version of “Math is colonial” is “French is elitist”?

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Michael Rousseau makes $12 million a year. He promised to learn French after flubbing a speech four years ago. He has apologized for his unilingual message of condolence, which alienated his company's customers. How is this about "elites" bullying unilingual anglos?