By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee Tanille Johnston wants to help the NDP get back in touch with the working class. She says she\u2019s been fundraising hard to launch a grassroots campaign for NDP leadership \u2014 a campaign that promises to build the party\u2019s relationship with unions, Indigenous leaders and working-class Canadians. \u201cOur work needs to start by going back to the people, and as soon as possible,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t showing up in the way that they needed us to, and so we need to return, own the criticisms that are going to come at us and say, \u2018Let\u2019s do it differently.\u2019\u201d Johnston has a lot on the go: she works full time as the Vancouver Island regional manager of primary care for the… <\/p>\n
By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee Tanille Johnston wants to help the NDP get back in touch with the working class. She says she\u2019s been fundraising hard to launch a grassroots campaign for NDP leadership \u2014 a campaign that promises to build the party\u2019s relationship with unions, Indigenous leaders and working-class Canadians. \u201cOur work needs to start by going back to the people, and as soon as possible,\u201d Johnston said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t showing up in the way that they needed us to, and so we need to return, own the criticisms that are going to come at us and say, \u2018Let\u2019s do it differently.\u2019\u201d Johnston has a lot on the go: she works full time as the Vancouver Island regional manager of primary care for the... <\/p>\n