Filmmaker, activist and former journalist Avi Lewis launched his campaign to be the next federal leader of the NDP, taking aim not only at the Conservatives and Liberals, but Canada's corporations and CEOs.

In a video posted to his Facebook page , Lewis is shown walking toward the camera while wearing an untucked linen shirt against a background that flips between urban and nature settings. His monologue blames corporations, CEOs, free trade and past federal governments for the cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians today, and promises he has a plan to fix it.

That pitch includes an attack on free trade deals, which he says have "killed hundreds of thousands of jobs" and made Canada "vulnerable to U.S. bullying today."

Acknowledging the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tari

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