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Union leader Rob Ashton to announce NDP leadership run
Rob Ashton, the first working-class labour candidate, aims to restore the New Democratic Party's focus on workers after its worst election result with only seven MPs, party officials said.
- Rob Ashton, President of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, will announce his intention to run for NDP leadership in Toronto today.
- Ashton joins Heather McPherson, Avi Lewis, and Yves Engler as declared candidates for the NDP leadership race.
- Candidates must collect at least 500 signatures and pay a $100,000 entry fee to qualify for the ballot.
- The NDP will elect a new leader on March 29 during the party's annual convention in Winnipeg.
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He joined Alberta MP Heather McPherson and documentary writer Avi Lewis on the list of candidates.
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The President of the International Union of Tankers and Storekeepers announced his candidacy for the leadership of the New Federal Democratic Party.
·Montreal, Canada
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Leaning Left22Leaning Right0Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution81% Left
Bias Distribution
- 81% of the sources lean Left
81% Left
L 81%
C 19%
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