Canada's left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) has chosen former journalist and activist Avi Lewis as their new leader, after suffering major losses in the last federal election. Lewis received 56% of the vote in a first ballot victory, defeating member of parliament Heather McPherson and three other candidates. He ran on a platform to revive the struggling party, prioritising worker rights in the age of artificial intelligence, ending new oil and gas pipelines and projects, and exploring