Watch live: Federal NDP leadership candidates face off in first official debate tonight | Unpublished
Hello!

Unpublished Newswire

Source Feed: National Post
Author: National Post Staff
Publication Date: November 27, 2025 - 17:05

Stay informed

Watch live: Federal NDP leadership candidates face off in first official debate tonight

November 27, 2025

NDP leadership candidates are taking part in the first official debate of the campaign Thursday evening in Montreal.

There are currently five contenders. Edmonton MP Heather McPherson, documentary filmmaker Avi Lewis and union leader Rob Ashton are considered the frontrunners. Campbell River, B.C., city councillor Tanille Johnston and organic farmer Tony McQuail are also running.

While the debate is taking place in Quebec, only 60 per cent of it will be in French, and the rest in English. The candidates (all anglophones) will also be allowed to wear earpieces to receive an English translation. However, if a candidate answers a French question in English, they will be cut off.

The party’s lone Quebec MP, Alexandre Boulerice, is hosting and will kick off the evening’s agenda with a welcome message.

Watch the 90-minute debate live, below, starting at 7 p.m. ET.

Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our politics newsletter, First Reading, here.

Comments

Be the first to comment

Unpublished Newswire

 
The RCMP say they directed the FBI to arrest and charge a California man who allegedly threatened a suburban Vancouver victim on behalf of India’s notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang.The Langley detachment of the RCMP announced the American charge of interstate communication of threats of violence Thursday against Jasmeet Singh of Fresno, Calif., related to WhatsApp calls made in May, 2024.Mr. Singh, who entered the United States in the spring of 2023, is in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the official criminal complaint filed by the FBI says.
December 18, 2025 - 22:24 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
A textbook two points from the Ottawa Senators. They were strong from start to finish. The Senators put together three of their best periods of the season to score a 4-0 victory over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Centre. Captain Brady Tkachuk led the attack with two […]
December 18, 2025 - 21:51 | Bruce Garrioch | Ottawa Citizen
65-year-old master carver George David of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation was killed in Port Angeles in 2016.
December 18, 2025 - 20:29 | | CBC News - Canada
more