{"id":186882,"date":"2017-04-18T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T18:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irpp-policy-options.local\/issues\/po-podcast-35-ndp\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T04:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:27:03","slug":"po-podcast-35-ndp","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/2017\/04\/po-podcast-35-ndp\/","title":{"rendered":"How the NDP&rsquo;s past can help the party today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new leader isn\u2019t the only thing that the federal NDP is searching for, in the wake of its third-place finish in the 2015 general election. The party is also grappling with existential questions around its core political philosophy. In a recent <em>Policy Options<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/magazines\/avril-2017\/the-ndp-and-the-future-of-social-democracy-in-canada\/\">article<\/a>, historian Kenneth C. Dewar argued that the policy debates of the party\u2019s past can provide some valuable guidance today. He stopped by the podcast to share his insights.<\/p>\n<p>See Kenneth C. Dewar\u2019s Active History essay \u201cThe Social Democracy Question\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.ca\/papers\/the-social-democracy-question\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-caption\">Photo: Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair waves to the crowd after his speech during the 2016 NDP Federal Convention in Edmonton Alta, on Sunday, April 10, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new leader isn\u2019t the only thing that the federal NDP is searching for, in the wake of its third-place finish in the 2015 general election. The party is also grappling with existential questions around its core political philosophy. In a recent Policy Options article, historian Kenneth C. 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