I'm still learning more about Yves, but I like what I've seen so far. Apparently some people are calling for him to be blocked from the leadership race because of his pro-palestine, anti-zionist, and anti-genocide views. Contrary to their complaints, he is not antisemitic.
Yves Engler’s campaign for the leadership of the New Democratic Party represents a defining moment in Canadian politics. For too long, the NDP has drifted toward centrism, attempting to appease corporate interests and mainstream media narratives rather than boldly representing the working class. Engler’s vision is different. He stands unapologetically for democratic socialism — a society rooted in economic justice, peace, democracy, and the empowerment of working people.
More info here:
https://yvesengler.com/
https://yvesforndpleader.ca/about-yves/
Send a letter to support his approval:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dont-let-genocide-supporters-hijack-ndp-leadership-race
The 2025 defeat was crushing. The party lost official status, was reduced to seven MPs, saw its support collapse. This creates two possible responses: ****Option A: Incremental adjustments. ****New leader, better messaging, more focus groups, refined advertising. Essentially, keep doing what hasn't worked but try to do it better. Option B: Fundamental transformation. Acknowledge we lost our way, reclaim our radical roots, become something genuinely different. Which candidate supports Option B? It's a clean break with decades of drift, a declaration that everything is on the table, an invitation to reimagine what the party could be. Psychologically, this offers: **Hope: **We're not managing decline but beginning renewal Purpose: Clear mission to build cooperative commonwealth **Identity: **Members know who they are and what they stand for Energy: The excitement of building something new (that's actually old) ***For younger people especially—consigned to "lives of permanent precarity" with "so little faith in the party"—a genuine socialist alternative might inspire engagement that incrementalism never will.