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Originally Posted by Slava
Avi Lewis who has run twice and lost both times by significant margins, and pushed the Leap Manifesto is suddenly going to turn the fortunes of the NDP around?
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His answer to that was pretty simple: He ran in ridings that the NDP has never won in but he did so because he believed in running where he lived.
My opinion: That is a hell of a lot better (and respectable) than watching PP flee to one of the most conservative ridings in the country to secure a seat after being kicked out of the riding he'd represented for a couple of decades.
Also, the NDP got thumped last election because of the swing to the liberals to stop the conservatives, so I wouldn't read too heavily into one NDPer not winning in a non-NDP riding in an election where voters felt they had to get strategic to save the country from Trump.
If he wins the leadership race, I imagine that he and the party would be a lot more strategic about where he runs next.
As for the leap manifesto.. if you think he was just "pushing" it then I doubt you know as much about it as you think.