Anderson: Why the federal NDP needs to tack left

As the federal NDP approaches its Ottawa convention Feb. 16-18 with new leader Jagmeet Singh, its path forward is not clear. Faced with a Liberal government verbally tacking to the left – if ultimately not delivering the goods on issues such as the environment, tax reform, foreign aid and proportional representation – the NDP hovers around 17.5 per cent in recent polls. Those are the kind of results it used to have before the 2011 Orange Wave.
The NDP lost the last election in Canada