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Tom Mulcair Returns To The Commons After Emotional, Divisive Convention

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Apr, 2016 12:36 PM

OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair is back in the Commons today after his party moved to turf him as its permanent leader over the weekend.

Mulcair plans to remain at the helm of the NDP until a successor is chosen, up to two years from now.

NDP caucus members are already questioning whether it's feasible for him to stay on that long.

In Edmonton, 52 per cent of delegates at the party convention voted in favour of a leadership race.

They also voted to start a debate over the so-called Leap Manifesto, a radical document that calls for Canada to wean itself off fossil fuels by 2050 and warns against pipeline development.

The NDP caucus is set to meet Wednesday, as usual, but the circumstances will be far from normal for the MPs as they consider the future.

B.C. MP NATHAN CULLEN HINTS AT A POSSIBLE BID FOR NEW DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP

OTTAWA — Nathan Cullen is leaving open the possibility that he will seek the leadership of the federal New Democrats.

Cullen, a veteran British Columbia MP who was first elected in 2004, says he is speaking to family members about his political future.

He says he supported Tom Mulcair's bid to remain leader and was taken aback Sunday when delegates at the party's convention in Edmonton voted to replace him.

Cullen ran against Mulcair in the party's 2012 leadership race, ultimately coming in third.

In addition to voting on the weekend to replace Mulcair, the party approved a resolution that it will hold a leadership race within the next two years.

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