How the NDP's past can help the party today, a Policy Options podcast. A new leader isn’t 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. Dewar argued that the policy debates of the party’s past can provide some valuable guidance today. He stopped by the podcast to share his insights.

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See Kenneth C. Dewar’s Policy Options article “The NDP and the future of social democracy in Canada” at http://options-po.li/2nHypUf

See Kenneth C. Dewar’s Active History essay “The Social Democracy Question” at http://bit.ly/2nZdq42