Jagmeet Singh

The NDP's national convention, which had approximately 2,000 registered delegates, ends Sunday in Ottawa. Alex Tétreault captured images throughout the weekend.

Jagmeet Singh didn’t touch on oil, pipelines, or energy development when he addressed hundreds of NDP delegates at a national convention in Ottawa on Saturday. Rather, in a speech punctuated often by delegates standing to applaud and cheer “NDP” or “Jagmeet Singh,” the federal NDP leader focused first his policies for taking on economic inequality, then racism and intolerance.

New Democrats briefly discussed new anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies, and voted in favour of enshrining environmental laws, including protecting whistleblowers and ensuring "consideration of vulnerable populations in environmental risk assessment." They also resolved to "make big polluters pay for the pollution they emit."

New Democrats from across the country will begin gathering in the national capital on Thursday, hoping to lay the groundwork for victory in next year's federal election — and to confront deep divisions and challenges within their party.

The federal Conservatives are accusing Justin Trudeau of "political interference," after the prime minister responded to the acquittal of a white farmer in the death of a young Indigenous man by saying the criminal justice system has to "do better."

Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair will be joining the political science department at Université de Montreal later this year.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called a harassment allegation against MP Erin Weir "troubling" and said the party will be appointing an independent investigator to conduct an examination.

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh kicked off two days of strategy sessions with members of his caucus on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, with a message: New Democrats are ready to fight the growing gap between Canada's rich and poor.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has wrapped up her inquiry and found that Trudeau contravened sections 5, 11, 12 and 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act.

Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair is expected to resign as a Montreal MP in the new year.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh isn't reading too much into his party's dismal showing in a series of recent byelections, insisting he's playing a long game as he works to shore up support across Canada in preparation for the 2019 federal election.

​Justin Trudeau's Liberals scored another byelection upset Monday, snatching the British Columbia riding of South Surrey-White Rock away from the Conservatives.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for past state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people in Canada, but advocates argue his Liberal government could be doing more to stop it from happening now.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is slamming the Trudeau government for betraying the people of British Columbia in order to support the interests of a large corporation, Texas-based multinational pipeline operator Kinder Morgan.

For Jagmeet Singh, Canada’s newly-elected NDP leader, the biggest challenge of the 2019 election may be proving that he can withstand a dog-whistle campaign, says former MP Laurin Liu.