Posts tagged NDP

In an election that might very well one of the most important in recent times, Canada’s Black and Caribbean community along with other marginalized groups are laser focused on how the next government is proposing to deal with those issues that will make the post pandemic era different from our less than stellar history in this country. Over the past 30-something days of election 2021 there has been little indication on the campaign trail from any of the leaders of the three main parties, the Liberals, Conservatives and the NDP of their commitment to level a playing field that has …

Emma Elbourne-Weinstock admits to having been among the army of millennials who have become cynical and disillusioned with party politics but soon realized that apathy was not a choice. The impending social and environmental crisis facing us as a society is becoming more urgent, she says. So, she moved from thinking that government can’t or won’t doing anything to motivating herself to get involved at the highest level. Today, the 20-something-year-old is in the thick of the political mix, running as a candidate for the NDP in Notre Dame de Grace-Westmount. Timing, she says, is everything. “I’ve always been involved …