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Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent delivers remarks at the start of the Progress summit in Ottawa, in April 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

January 12, 2024

A ‘giant’ of Canadian politics: Ed Broadbent’s mixed legacy on social democracy and free trade

Steven High, Concordia University

Former federal NDP leader and founder of the Broadbent Institute, Ed Broadbent, has died at the age of 87. His political legacy is a mixed one.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh celebrates his Burnaby South byelection win on Feb. 25, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

February 26, 2019

Byelection win offers Singh an opportunity to reset his leadership

Jonathan Weier, Western University

Jagmeet Singh needed to win the byelection in Burnaby South. Now that the NDP leader will have a seat in Parliament, can he still turn around the party’s fortunes before this year’s federal election?

New NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh celebrates with supporters after winning on the first ballot at the party’s leadership convention Oct. 1. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

October 1, 2017

New NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh battles racism in Canadian politics with love

Davina Bhandar, Simon Fraser University

Jagmeet Singh is the new leader of the federal New Democratic Party. Singh brings an unprecedented diversity to the role of being the leader of a major Canadian political party.

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Davina Bhandar
Adjunct Professor in School of Communication and Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University
Jonathan Weier
PhD Candidate, Western University
Steven High
Professor of History, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), Concordia University

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