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David Thurton
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CBC Politics National Reporter 📻📺📱 || Reach me via email: david.thurton@cbc.ca
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October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NDP unveils its full 2025 election platform today. #cdnpoli About 100 folks are here.
April 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Singh casting his advance ballot in his riding of Burnaby Central
April 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Back with the NDP #cdnpoli We are in British Columbia for the next couple of days.
April 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Good morning from Halifax where the NDP is talking about its policy for renters #cdnpoli
April 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good morning :) The NDP is talking about health care. #cdnpoli NDP is promising to get everyone a family doctor/ primary care physician by 2030
April 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good evening St John’s
April 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Back on the bus with bagels
April 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Now we are here. Never been
April 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We met some voters along the way in Verdun.
April 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Still in Montreal this AM where the NDP is talking about their plan for ending tax havens #cdnpoli
April 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Heading to Montréal #cdnpoli Singh and the other four main leaders will participate tonight in Radio-Canada’s Cinq chefs, une élection
April 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Jagmeet Singh announces New Democrats will introduce tax-free savings bonds or what he calls “victory bonds” #cdnpoli Revenues raised will go for public infrastructure projects, he says.
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Manitoba MPs Leila Dance and Niki Ashton joined Singh for the announcement. Ashton accused Mark Carney of playing politics with the trade war #cdnpoli
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Earlier we heard from Singh. He outlined his red lines in trade negotiations. NDP says they will protect key industries— electricity generation, critical minerals—from being snapped up by foreign companies through a “no trade clause.”
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The NDP campaign is in Winnipeg still #cdnpoli Jagmeet Singh is visiting this picket line. “You are not going to see Conservatives show up,” he says.
April 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is meeting Premier Wab Kinew at the Manitoba Legislature this evening #cdnpoli The premier showed Singh some artwork on display at the legislature.
April 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’m following the NDP during this first week of the federal election campaign #cdnpoli First stop Montreal.
March 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The NDP clarifies its position this AM #cdnpoli Singh says New Democrats "will put forward a clear motion of non-confidence in the next sitting of the House of Commons."
December 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM