Knots: Cast Ballots and Opposition Blocs

knots: The NDP has had its own existential crisis this week, leaving a federal political landscape with its two main opposition blocs consumed by internal disagreements over what their parties stand for and how they should seize the future, according to Brandon Sun. As they soul-search, the Liberals are edging ahead with new policies and approaches that could change the way we relate to the broader world. Conservative leadership contender Kellie Leitch polling on whether newcomers to the country should be screened for their Canadian-ness has her Conservative competitors tying themselves in knots, and the chattering classes wondering if there is a growing market of voters who would be driven to cast ballots based on how they perceive immigrants. Here are three ways federal politics affected Canadians this week:OPPOSITION DISORDERLeitch persistence on identity politics forced several of her rivals into a corner this week, prompting them to engage on the touchy subject of how much newcomers should be pushed into being like the rest of us. It wasn't the only party wrestling with its internal dynamics. The debate has shaken up the Conservative leadership race, with its ever-lengthening list of candidates, and drawn condemnation from some lifelong Conservatives worried that the party will be scarred as intolerant. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.