Yves Engler to fight on after getting bounced from NDP leadership race

OTTAWA — Activist Yves Engler says he has no plans to step aside after the NDP rejected his bid to join the party’s ongoing leadership race.

“We’re not stopping, we’re demanding the (NDP’s) federal council overturn this,” Engler said on Wednesday.

The party told Engler on Nov. 25 that his application to stand as an NDP leadership candidate was rejected, a ruling he made public in a lengthy social media post on Tuesday evening.

A Dec. 3 follow-up email viewed by National Post outlined several “relevant factors” leading to the rejection, including “credible evidence of harassment, intimidation, and physical confrontation.” The email includes a link to an April 2023 clip of Engler ambushing then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh over his comments on alleged Chinese election interference .

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