OTTAWA — Heather McPherson kicked off her campaign for the leadership of the federal NDP in Edmonton on Sunday.

In a speech, the Alberta MP said the NDP has always been inspired by "big ideas" like universal health care, and "we need to get back to that."

McPherson called for the NDP to be more inclusive, saying the party should "stop shrinking into some sort of purity test."

"We need to stop pushing people away and we need to invite people in," she said. "We need to have more people at the table and we need to listen to them."

McPherson, who is her party’s foreign affairs critic, has represented the riding of Edmonton Strathcona since 2019.

She said the NDP doesn’t need to change what it believes, but "how we talk about it and who we talk to. The key to building a winning campaign, i

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