OTTAWA — A schism opened between two of the top contenders in the NDP leadership race on Wednesday night, as Avi Lewis jabbed rival Heather McPherson over her use of a term he says has right-wing roots. Article content

Lewis said in a media scrum that he wasn’t a fan of McPherson’s repeated use of the term “purity test” to frame the party’s recent struggles in growing its appeal. Article content

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“I don’t believe in using language that the right uses to slam the left. I don’t believe in using that against each other on the left,” said Lewis.

Lewis was speaking to reporters after the first candidates’ forum of the NDP leadership campaign, hosted in Ottawa by the Canadian Labour Congress.

McPherson said on Wednesday evening that she wasn’t going to d

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