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Consolidating the Third Way: 2011–2015

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From: From Layton to Singh

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Chapter 3 examines the NDP’s complete shift to the "Third Way” political ideology between the 2011 and 2015 Federal Elections which solidified their movement towards the centre. The chapter covers topics including the NDP’s role as the official Opposition party, Layton’s stepping down as party leader and death, post-Layton NDP party, the 2012 leadership race, the campaign and victory of Tom Mulcair as NDP leader, further modernization of the party, the rise of Justin Trudeau and a Liberal party regaining momentum, and the NDP’s platforms and campaign for the 2015 election.

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Matt Fodor

Matt Fodor is a writer, political strategist and PhD candidate in political science at York University. His research areas are Comparative politics and Canadian politics with a special interest in social democracy. Matt is a long-time observer of the NDP and has written extensively about the party at the federal and provincial level, including chapters in Party of Conscience (2013) and Tax is Not a Four-Letter Word (2018). He has contributed to NOW, Rabble and The Bullet. He lives in Toronto.