{"id":155041,"date":"2025-09-19T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155041\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:35:11","slug":"avi-lewis-to-launch-federal-ndp-leadership-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155041\/","title":{"rendered":"Avi Lewis to launch federal NDP leadership bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/BRNZXFY6SBG5BCXMD5PG2THLK4.jpeg?auth=532a5327c06fcb41988f04e871a8d204b74157d404214a9c1ca9af99532ae953&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Avi Lewis has run twice unsuccessfully as a federal NDP candidate.Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Avi Lewis will launch a bid to become leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/new-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/new-democratic-party\/\">federal New Democrats<\/a> on Friday morning, according to his campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Mr. Lewis, who is an activist, documentary filmmaker and former TV host, will make the announcement through a video posted to social media platforms and his leadership website, the campaign manager, Savhanna Wilson, said in an e-mailed statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The campaign will focus on \u201creturning the NDP to its roots,\u201d Ms. Wilson said. The official campaign launch will take place in Toronto next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Mr. Lewis\u2019s roots in the NDP run deep: He is the son of former Ontario leader and diplomat Stephen Lewis and the grandson of former federal leader and architect of the party David Lewis. He is married to activist and author Naomi Klein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-two-former-ndp-mps-rule-out-bids-to-lead-party-as-leadership-rules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Two former NDP MPs rule out bids to lead party as leadership rules issued<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-the-ndp-remains-an-unserious-party-for-a-serious-time\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robyn Urback: The NDP remains an unserious party for a serious time<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The federal NDP was reduced to seven seats in the last federal election. Mr. Lewis has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-avi-lewis-to-run-for-ndp-in-west-vancouver-area-riding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-avi-lewis-to-run-for-ndp-in-west-vancouver-area-riding\/\">run twice unsuccessfully<\/a> as a federal NDP candidate. Most recently, he challenged Liberal incumbent Hedy Fry in the riding of Vancouver Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Other people thought to be considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-ndp-release-official-rules-for-leadership-race-to-replace-jagmeet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-ndp-release-official-rules-for-leadership-race-to-replace-jagmeet\/\">leadership bids<\/a> include Alberta MP Heather McPherson and International Longshore &amp; Warehouse Union Canada president Rob Ashton. Montreal-based activist and author Yves Engler has also said he plans to run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The race <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ndp-launches-race-to-find-jagmeet-singhs-successor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ndp-launches-race-to-find-jagmeet-singhs-successor\/\">kicked off earlier this month<\/a>, and the winner will be announced on March 29, at the party\u2019s convention in Winnipeg. Candidates must raise an entry fee of $100,000, paid in three installments, and collect signatures from 500 members. Those signatures must meet a number of criteria, including being from different areas of the country and having a certain percentage from equity-seeking groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text mv-16 l-inset text-pb-8\" data-sophi-feature=\"interstitial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-canada-has-a-moral-obligation-to-support-south-africas-genocide-case\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avi Lewis: Canada has a moral obligation to support South Africa\u2019s genocide case against Israel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Avi Lewis has run twice unsuccessfully as a federal NDP candidate.Supplied Avi Lewis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,714],"class_list":{"0":"post-155041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}