Brian Topp

Dec 3, 2024 | thehub.ca | Brian Topp

There is a great comfort food restaurant in Ottawa’s Byward Market called Chez Lucien. Ed Broadbent liked to go there and always maintained that Lucien—its namesake—was an old communist whose commitment to equality was reflected in that restaurant’s crowd-pleasing and immortally unchanged menu. I was there recently in good company, and we were musing about the following: Can any good for Canada come from Donald Trump’s election?

Sep 12, 2024 | thehub.ca | Sabrina Maddeaux |Brian Topp

Commentary 12 September 2024 Police officers talk to a neighbour near the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. Once an issue hits the suburbs, federal politicians tend to start paying attention—or at least they should if they have a long-term interest in staying elected.

Jun 22, 2024 | policymagazine.ca | Brian Topp

The Alberta NDP assembled in Calgary on the evening of June 21, on the eve of their leadership convention, to thank Rachel Notley for her service as their leader. Former Notley chief of staff and Policy contributor Brian Topp delivered the following remarks in his introduction of Notley. I was thinking about what to say tonight, and I was remembering one of my last conversations with Jack Layton. He was thinking through what turned out to be his last leader’s report to our federal caucus.

Apr 16, 2024 | policymagazine.ca | Brian Topp

Adam ScottiBy Brian ToppApril 16, 2024Every federal party official and leader in the history of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)-New Democratic Party (NDP) for almost 100 years has been familiar with a letter sent to Prime Minister Mackenzie King in January, 1926.

Jan 28, 2024 | policymagazine.ca | Brian Topp

|In Policy Special, VerbatimThe state funeral and celebration of the life of longtime New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent was held on Sunday, January 28th at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Church in Ottawa. Brian Topp, chair of the Broadbent Institute and a regular Policy contributor, was among the eulogists. Here is the text of Brian’s tribute: I’m deeply honoured to be with you today…To honour our colleague, our leader, and our friend — Ed Broadbent.