In a wide-ranging interview with Christo Aivalis, NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis outlines his vision for Canada, advocating bold public ownership, stronger public services, and economic sovereignty. Drawing on his activist background and family legacy, he explains how a democratic socialist approach could reshape the economy and rebuild the party from the ground up.
This guy seems like a good fit for the party’s usual theme, and a chance to rebuild accordingly.
The NDP’s usual theme hasn’t been at all democratic socialism for a while now. Lewis is bringing back unapologetically socialist policies to the foreground. It’s a chance to rebuild the NDP as a democratic socialist party and take it back from the centrists who let themselves get outflanked from the left by Justin friggin Trudeau.
Man, I had so much hope for Trudeau when he started. He sounded very progressive and as a younger PM, I thought he would get it. I thought he would finally help the millenials in this country.
He didn’t.
He soon became a cog in the Liberal machine.