About this episode

This episode discusses the NDP's leadership race and features an interview with candidate Rob Ashton about his vision for the party.

Things might look dire for the NDP, with the loss of official party status and its seven members not always seeing eye to eye. But at least three individuals — Edmonton MP Heather McPherson, former broadcaster Avi Lewis, and union leader Rob Ashton — have stepped up offering to lead New Democrats to greener pastures. In this episode of "It's Political," the Althia Raj sits down with Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau reporter Mark Ramzy for an update on what's happened to the NDP since election night, the state of the leadership race and the candidates' offerings so far. Then, Althia sits down with Rob Ashton to explore his leadership vision and where he wants to refocus the NDP. This episode of "It's Political" was produced by Kevin Sexton and Althia Raj. Matt Hearn is our sound engineer. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel. Some of the audio clips this week were sourced from Heather McPherson's website, Avi Lewis' website, Rob Ashton's X feed, CTV, CBC, CPAC, Mark Ramzy's interview tape, and the IATSE 891: Apple Box Talks podcast.

People in this episode

Host: Althia Raj

Guest: Rob Ashton

Topics covered

• NDP leadership race
• political updates
• Canadian politics
• election aftermath
• party dynamics

Keywords

• NDP
• leadership race
• Althia Raj
• Rob Ashton
• Canadian politics
• Heather McPherson
• Avi Lewis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NDP, Toronto Star, CTV, CBC, CPAC, IATSE 891

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