The NDP leadership candidates are making their last pitch to party members before voting in the six-month campaign concludes later today.
Each of the five candidates will have time at the convention on Saturday to outline their vision for party leadership.
While there is a voting booth at the Winnipeg convention, voting opened earlier this month and many members have already cast their ballots.
The party’s roughly 100,000 members will pick the new leader through a ranked ballot system, where the first candidate to get more than 50 per cent support is the winner.
“What the member of the party needs is someone who can unify and bring all of the traits together…and rebuild the party will all the elements,” she added.
The next NDP leader set to be announced Sunday morning and Nader said the process will play a part.
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“It’s a ranked ballot… you don’t win on the first ballot,” she said. “There is actually an opportunity for Heather or even Rob to take this leadership because of the way the system is done.”
“The most important thing is for the members to read the room, read the moment and pick a leader that is right for this time,” said Nader.
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is scheduled to address the convention today, after Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew opened the gathering on Friday.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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The NDP needs to smarten up.
Without the NDP being a relevant party, Canada becomes a 1 party system.
The Conservatives cannot win an election w/o the NDP siphoning Liberal votes.
A one party system would be detrimental to Canada in the long term.
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After sell out Singh got thru with the NDP they have become an irrelevant joke.
I support the NDP now. The liberals i voted for are useless and ha e done nothing but complain in front of the media
Totally irrelevant and bigoted party.
Like the Green Party the federal NDP is no longer a viable choice for Canadians. The Alberta NDP has realized that people need a realistic approach to government, that’s why they are popular. ‘The great ideological divide is between those who believe that theories should be adjusted to reality and those who believe that reality must be adjusted to fit their theories.