Lewis won the title with 56 per cent of the votes at a party leadership election on Sunday, clinching it in the first round of voting. He ran on a Bernie Sanders-style left-wing populist campaign, taking digs at Canada’s billionaires all the way.
Avi Lewis, a democratic socialist from Toronto, is the new NDP leader
https://torontolife.com/city/avi-lewis-a-democratic-socialist-from-toronto-is-the-new-ndp-leader/
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nocklobster@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 146d
I was raised on the lie that Canada was a socialist democracy, here’s to hoping that becomes a truth.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 146d
We are a social democracy. No -ist required.