Federal NDP leader Avi Lewis addressed a packed crowd in Saskatoon as part of an ongoing tour aimed at rebuilding the party following its reduced showing in the most recent federal election.
Details of the event, including the specific policy messages Lewis delivered and the size of the audience in attendance, were not immediately available from the source material.
The tour signals the NDP’s intent to re-engage supporters across the country, including in the Prairie provinces, where the party has historically faced an uphill battle against Conservative dominance.
Saskatchewan, long a province with deep social democratic roots — the CCF, the NDP’s predecessor, was founded there — has in recent decades trended strongly toward the Conservative Party federally, making Lewis’s outreach to Saskatoon audiences a notable strategic choice.
Further details on the party’s rebuild strategy and the substance of Lewis’s remarks are expected to emerge as the tour continues.
