NDP Leaders Clash on Energy, Vie for Unity

0:00It's March 28th, Canada news today starts now, AI powered and ready. Indie P leadership hopefuls hit Winnipeg Hard this weekend, dropping their final pitches to snag boats from the last holdouts among the party's one, 100,000 members. At the convention, most of the 1,800 attendees already cast ballots through the rank system, where the first to hit over 50 percent. Wins it all. Davey Lewis, Nahid Nenshi, and others like Rob Ashton and Tracy McPherson laid out their visions Saturday morning. Tensions bubbled up between federal and provincial wings, especially on energy. Lewis slammed fossil fuels for fueling inflation, climate chaos, and even wars, pushing a quick shift to clean energy. Meanwhile, Alberta's NDP under Nenshi wrote out a policy Friday backing more transmountain pipeline capacity and reviving old projects like energy. East, showing real divides on oil and gas. Delegates voiced strong support for their picks.

1:00A Halifax climate organizer backed Lewis for his urgent, science-driven green plush. An Ottawa guy from Alberta cheered McPherson for blending ambition with pragmatism to win provincially. Vancouver vet Mary Childs liked Lewis's big 10 socialism that draws fresh faces, while Saskatoon folks noted Saskatchewan MLA's skipping the event to. Avoid federal ties. Candidates addressed the family squabbles, head on. Lewis said democracy means disagreements, but unity under the orange banner. Ashton called it normal family gripes in a big tent, fighting for workers. McPherson vowed to build bridges with winning provincial teams in places like Manitoba and British Columbia. Voting wraps early Saturday evening, with a new leader dropping Sunday. Eyes on who unites this squad amid the energy rift and keeps the momentum rolling.