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“We鈥檝e got three grocery chains, five banks, and a handful of oil and telecom giants making billions while people can鈥檛 afford food or rent. Liberals and Conservatives let it happen, then point fingers at immigrants to distract and divide us,” Lewis said in a campaign launch video filmed in Vancouver and Toronto. “People are fed up, and they want an NDP that fights for them. That鈥檚 why I鈥檓 running.鈥�

Lewis is the first high-profile name to announce a run in the race to replace Jagmeet Singh, who resigned in April following the NDP’s worst-ever election result. He has been approved as an official leadership candidate by the party, according to his campaign.

Hailing from one of the most prominent families in progressive Canadian politics, which Lewis invoked in his launch,聽he has long held a reputation as a maverick force on the left flank of the party. His grandfather is David Lewis, a founder of the NDP, and his parents are former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis and longtime journalist Michele Landsberg. He, his wife, author Naomi Klein, and co-author聽Martin Lukacs rocked the party in 2015 when they launched the聽Leap Manifesto,聽which dominated internal debate with its call to stop new fossil fuel infrastructure, among other things.

A long-time climate activist, a former broadcaster at CBC and Al Jazeera and an instructor at the University of British Columbia, Lewis ran twice unsuccessfully for Parliament in Vancouver, where he lives, including in this year’s election, where the NDP was reduced to seven seats.聽

He said his campaign will push for “a wealth tax, a national rent cap, a public option for food and groceries, expanded public health care, and a Canadian Green New Deal that creates millions of good jobs while supporting Canada鈥檚 energy transition.”

In a recent interview with the Star, he also criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plans to drastically increase military spending while cutting government spending, a move expected to result in cuts some public services.

“The lane is so open for the NDP, with the Conservatives and Liberals collaborating on a national agenda, (to be a) real alternative,”聽he told the Star.

“I don’t feel this is a moment where ideology is really pressing in people’s lives. I think a useful frame right now is to think about the top versus the bottom, or more precisely, the top versus everyone else.”

He will likely face competition from Edmonton MP Heather McPherson, labour leader Rob Ashton and former Vancouver Island MP candidate Tanille Johnston, who are believed to be preparing leadership bids, the Star has reported.聽Montreal activist Yves Engler and Ontario farmer Tony McQuail have also announced their intentions to run for leader.