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takes giantest sigh imaginable and opens up a tab to assess the NDP leadership candidates (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by hollowmines@hexbear.net to c/canada@hexbear.net

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the one with the most relevance to the broader hexbearverse would seem to be avi lewis, who is married to naomi klein.

the dockworker guy sounds interesting on paper but painful to watch. cartoon villain vibes.

it seems like there's a glut of left-leaning candidates with questionable charisma levels, the kind of situation an establishment candidate could cruise through

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[–] damnatum_seditiosus@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven't been full up to date to Yves Engler leadership bid, but I know it has been full of irregularities with the NPD vetting board and it looks like they went on to that forum without inviting him.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Yves has been excluded from everything so far, including the Ontario NDP convention, on the grounds that he hadn’t yet submitted his paperwork. But he recent officially submitted that and it’s in the hands of the unelected bureaucratic vetting committee now.

In terms of fundraising, volunteers, and every other metric his campaign is head and shoulders above everyone else. The others aren’t even sure if they can meet their raising milestone, which Yves met months ago. His tactic of building his campaign before submission seems to be working, but we will have to see what he final verdict is.