The Future of the NDP
Posted Aug 28, 2011 06:27:05 AM.
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TORONTO-One of Jack Layton’s predecessors says the late N-D-P leader’s ability to connect with Quebecers will be the key to the success of whoever takes over the helm.
Alexa McDonough says Layton has reached beyond the grave to challenge people to continue his social democratic cause.
She points to the strong public expression of grief to his death last week, which culminated in yesterday’s state funeral in Toronto.
McDonough says Layton managed to tap into something that none of his predecessors were able to do, including herself.
She says part of his success was being able to connect with Quebecers, who she says are social democrats at their core.
The party brass is expected to meet the first week of September to set the leadership process in motion and a leadership vote is likely in mid-January.
Quebec M-P Thomas Mulcair and party president Brian Topp are the names most talked about in party circles.
