Longtime union leader Sid Ryan says he’ll base an NDP leadership decision on whether existing candidates are leaning far enough to the left. If any of those prove left enough for Ryan, who is a signatory to the controversial LEAP manifesto, he said he’ll consider endorsing them. “People are thinking, ‘is there really that much difference between the NDP over the last number of years and the Liberal party?” Ryan said. A “Draft Sid Ryan for NDP Leader” campaign lists about 100 endorsements from party members on its website, and has about 350 likes on Facebook. That’s modest in comparison to the more than 3,800 likes for a “Draft Jagmeet Singh for NDP Leader” page wooing the Ontario NDP’s deputy leader.

Source: National Post March 14, 2017 23:48 UTC