Mark Carney has shown himself to be a politician that protects the interests of the wealthy. Avi Lewis could position himself as the left-wing populist answer to his corporatist policies.
While the NDP may see more election success with a populist approach. Anyone making decisions based on how loud the crowd is yelling is doomed to long term failure.
Back in the 1970s, Lewis’s grandfather, David Lewis, then federal NDP leader, captured the popular imagination with a rip-roaring populist campaign against government giveaways to “corporate welfare bums.”
Avi takes after his grandfather, as well as his father, Stephen Lewis, one-time provincial NDP leader who was long the country’s most stirring orator.
I don’t think this is a good thing and I don’t want to see anymore Mulroney’s, Trudeau’s, Kennedy’s, etc.
I frankly didn’t know he was from a political “dynasty” before it came up in this campaign. I knew Lewis from his documentary “The Take” and from the Leap Manifesto.
It’s come up a lot recently and people has never justified why it’s a good thing.
I’ve seen him and the other NDP candidates talk in their own words. Maybe I’m bias as a single issue voter but I think they should focus a lot more on Voting Reform and what it could do for this country.
This article lacks substance.
While the NDP may see more election success with a populist approach. Anyone making decisions based on how loud the crowd is yelling is doomed to long term failure.
I don’t think this is a good thing and I don’t want to see anymore Mulroney’s, Trudeau’s, Kennedy’s, etc.
I frankly didn’t know he was from a political “dynasty” before it came up in this campaign. I knew Lewis from his documentary “The Take” and from the Leap Manifesto.
EDIT: if you want more substance: https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/06/Avi-Lewis-Interview/
It’s come up a lot recently and people has never justified why it’s a good thing.
I’ve seen him and the other NDP candidates talk in their own words. Maybe I’m bias as a single issue voter but I think they should focus a lot more on Voting Reform and what it could do for this country.