
Does Avi Lewis’s NDP Mark a Comeback of Canada’s Left?
Avi Lewis’s election to leadership of the NDP is a welcome development. But if the party wants to be a real vehicle for working-class politics, changes at the top are only part of the equation.
Bryan Evans is a professor of politics and public policy at Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to his academic appointment he worked as a policy analyst/adviser at the Ontario Ministry of Labour.

Avi Lewis’s election to leadership of the NDP is a welcome development. But if the party wants to be a real vehicle for working-class politics, changes at the top are only part of the equation.

Charting a course toward labor’s revival requires a socialist political project suited to the current historical and social moment. To build this renewed working-class politics, the labor movement must be democratized.