In the 2026 NDP leadership election, the federal NDP elected as leader of the federal party, democratic socialist Avi Lewis, whose platform included creating public options for groceries, telecommunications, postal banking, and pharmaceuticals, a national rent freeze, the construction of 1 million public housing units, a wealth tax on the top 1% and a Canadian Green New Deal, which will halt any new natural gas projects and lead to a green energy transition. The federal NDP is formally affiliated with the provincial wings of the party and share organizational ties with one another.

An insurgent group is a non-state affliated-armed entity that often uses violence to challenge a sitting government's authority or protect their interests.

Aequalis is a world in which everyone is completely impartial towards each other. In Aequalis, everyone treats everyone else with equal concern. For example, if a parent had the choice of saving their child or another child from drowning, they would make an impartial decision, possibly flipping a coin or simply choosing the child that is closest.