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Stay tuned for future episodes with other candidates in the 2026 NDP leadership race.
Tony McQuail is an organic farmer and candidate running to be the next leader of the federal NDP. A lifelong activist, he has run for office multiple times, served on the Huron County Board of Education, and spent decades organizing around sustainable farming, rural issues, and green progressive politics.
On this episode of Activists Make History, host Peggy Nash talks to McQuail about how he is channeling grassroots activism for green progressive campaign.
Activists Make History with Peggy Nash is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal that finds the political underdogs and asks how they got started, against the odds, to fight for progressive change. This series has been made possible with the generous support of Unifor.

