DonLever Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 From Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-10/canada-s-new-democratic-party-votes-to-replace-mulcair-as-leader Members of Canada’s New Democratic Party voted to replace Tom Mulcair as leader, six months after an election that saw his team drop from a dead heat going into the country’s national election to a distant third. Mulcair, 61, told delegates on Sunday he would step down after 52 percent of party members gathered at the NDP convention in Edmonton, Alberta, voted in favor of a leadership review. A new party head will be picked in about a year, said Mulcair, who vowed to continue in that role for now. His departure sends the New Democrats, a party with socialist roots that had its best shot at power in 2015 after rising to second place in the 2011 election, into a leadership race even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enjoys a honeymoon in the polls. The 44-year-old leader is shifting his Liberal Party to the left with promises of social spending and a redistributive agenda, crowding out what is typically NDP territory. “The disappointment from the election obviously is something that we’re now going to be able to leave behind us with a change at the helm, and that’s fine,” Mulcair said Sunday in comments that were televised by CBC News Network. “Don’t let this very divided vote divide us. Let’s all work together now to choose the best person to take our project forward.” Mulcair took the NDP helm in 2012 after the death of Jack Layton, under whose watch the New Democrats leapfrogged the Liberals to become Canada’s official opposition for the first time in 2011. Mulcair, a lawyer and former provincial lawmaker seen as a moderate, favored higher corporate taxes to fund a universal national daycare program, and held a slim but persistent lead in opinion polls before the 2015 election. He ultimately fell to third when Trudeau’s Liberals ousted Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party on Oct. 19. Mulcair’s New Democrats finished with 19.7 percent of the vote and 44 lawmakers in Canada’s 338-seat House of Commons. Mulcair had said in the days leading up to the convention that he was looking to get at least 70 percent support from NDP members Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luongotv Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 It's not Muclair we care about.... Get rid of Notley!!!!! #MakeAlbertaGreatAgain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Guy gives me the creeps. i think it's the way he talks in that low soft creepy old guy voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 He should have stepped down after the election, says a lot about the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'm hoping that Nathan Cullen throws his hat (back) in the ring.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry35 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'm about as anti NDP as it gets but Cullen actually might be a decent choice. Even though I don't agree with him politically he has represented this area fairly well. Trudeau has been a disaster so far but I'm afraid Mulclair would have been worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabinessence Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 How will Muclair live, with the measly pension he will qualify for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electro Rock Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I hate the ground the NDP walks on, but I hope they get their act together enough to split up that lefty vote and get Prime Minister Selfie outta there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 10 hours ago, luongotv said: It's not Muclair we care about.... Get rid of Notley!!!!! #MakeAlbertaGreatAgain You are aware that federal and provincial parties are largely and in some cases completely separate entities, right? 6 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: I'm hoping that Nathan Cullen throws his hat (back) in the ring.... Should have been their leader last go around... Was the obvious successor to Layton IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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