Althia Raj: Wer wird Mark Carneys Liberale zur Rechenschaft ziehen, wenn nicht die Neuen Demokraten?
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/who-will-hold-mark-carneys-liberals-accountable-if-not-the-new-democrats/article_aadc863e-2d5b-47b3-97ce-a6271d6374ac.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
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*Who will hold Mark Carney’s Liberals accountable, if not the New Democrats?*
The Conservatives, the Bloc, the Greens, Liberal MPs, their constituents, public polls, party stalwarts, the provinces and Indigenous peoples, the courts, the media, research and advocacy groups, international treaties and laws, etc.
But apparently all of this pales compared to the power of ~6 NDP MPs.
The NDP is the only reason the liberals survived two confidence votes. They literally saved their asses from being destroyed at peak liberal unpopularity. Why would they ever hold the LPC accountable?
In all fairness, the last time the NDP was able to keep the Liberals accountable, they propped up a very unpopular Liberal government and let every single scandal and poorly managed issue slide under the rug. I understood why Singh held on when Poilievre was clearly going to win, but there were so many issues before it became obvious that the Conservatives had a glaring polling lead. I don’t know how many people trust them to keep the Liberals accountable after that. At the end of the day, the NDP doesn’t need to hold the balance of power to call out the Liberals for their failings, and it’s probably easier for them to be critical now that they aren’t as tied to them.
Voters when an election happens.
Even that is rather scant accountability though. I think we all have very different ideas on what accountability looks like.
I agree with the premise. The CPC are always going to be opposed to what the Carney liberals do. However that does not mean they can have overreach on things that they already doing. Thats where a leftist space is needed for their party.
A strong NDP keeps the Liberals humble and geneuinley competitive for progressive votes. Otherwise, they become arrogant and out of touch. In these cases, they work hard to appeal to progressive voters.
However, the NDP is the weakest it has been for a while, with competing visions for the future of the party. Until they pick a leader, they have no leverage on the Liberals, and even then there is no guarantee that the new leader will be able to carve out support from the Liberals.
Carney is enjoying popularity from a centrist LPC that no other party seems to be able to stop.
That’s a tough question to answer. If only there was a party in Canada aside from the Liberals and the NDP. Alas, that’s all we have.