The Leap Manifesto opens horizon for bold new politics in Canada | Martin Lukacs

The media attacks are a sign: a New Democratic Party that takes on inequality and climate change can crack open the country's political debate

From the headlines screaming outrage on the front pages of Canada's newspapers, you'd think the New Democratic Party had shuttered their convention doors, armed themselves and made for Edmonton's solitary hills.

"A hard left turn to nowhere," blasted the National Post, after NDP members voted to debate the Leap Manifesto in local ridings. "How to Kill the NDP," Maclean's exclaimed. Captured by the "loony left," added the Toronto Star.