OTTAWA — Three contenders to be the federal NDP’s next leader say they’re not giving up on the party’s traditional blue-collar base, after multiple speakers at the recent Conservative national convention touted the party’s electoral gains on their turf.
The Conservatives fell short of winning last year’s election but picked up 10 seats in NDP-held ridings, a moral victory some speakers played up to convention-goers.
The NDP is the party of out of touch cranks who despise the working class that rejected their nonsense.
