Today, Noam sits down with Yves Engler—author, activist, and now candidate in the 2026 NDP leadership race—for one of the most important conversations the show has hosted.

Yves is our first return guest, and for good reason: In recent months, he has publicly accused the NDP of using opaque vetting, backroom committees, and bureaucratic delays to keep insurgent, left-wing candidates off the ballot—even when they have met every formal requirement.

This episode dives into:

• how Yves submitted his full nomination package
• why the party still hasn’t given him any decision
• why he waited to submit his vetting materials
• the internal pressure campaigns urging the party to block him
• the broader crisis of democracy inside ...