Nathan Cullen: Die NDP hat keine Zeit für eine langwierige Führungsrasse, und Kanadier auch nicht
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-ndp-doesnt-have-time-for-a-protracted-leadership-race-and-canadians-dont-either/article_0f6684b9-2963-47ad-9556-b03bed518f97.html
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Carney will probably be around for a decade, so no rush. Come on…they have a few months, it’s summer holidays after all.
It seems like a good time to get the choice right, and let the leader build their brand.
Maybe a short race is better if there are no good candidates.
The NDP should absolutely take their time and find a leader who can inspire their entire coalition. But it sounds like that’s not what’s happening.
(can’t read it) There isn’t going to be an election for awhile. The NDP needs to get things moving soon, for sure, but the most important thing is getting it right, not getting it fast. There needs to be balance. They do need people who can raise money. And things do become an issue if there are TOO many candidates. But they can’t make requirements too high either as they really need to have a proper debate on where they want to take the party. They can’t just lock out all but the establishment.
So far there’s just the farmer guy and Yves Engler
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_New_Democratic_Party_leadership_election
There has literally never been a better time in my lifetime for the NDP to have a long leadership and decision on what the party wants to be. This is an absurd defending of a party establishment who simply are protecting their own jobs above the country.
As long as the NDP has no permanent leader their hands are tied, since they can’t really threaten to vote against the government. The choices they make in this parliament will be crucial for the party’s future, and they shouldn’t be decided by Don Davies.
And I really don’t think a short or long race is going to change the outcome. A longer race isn’t going to give you a better leader, but it will decrease enthusiasm.
The idea that a longer race = better race is bunk. People seem to be arguing that a longer race would be more democratic and attract more/better candidates. But having an excessively long race, like the year long marathon some folks are trying to suggest, does none of that. In fact, it would be counterproductive.
First, it wouldn’t be more democratic than a normal length race. The rules are the rules, and they will be the same regardless of if it’s 3 months, 6 months, or longer. A member will get a vote. No one has ever argued that a longer federal election campaign period would be more democratic. The big difference would be how much time the campaigns‘ have to sell memberships. But having more time to sell more memberships isn’t more democratic. It just means the campaigns are scaling up with time.
Second, you don’t get more candidates by having a longer race, you just have to spend more time and money. In fact, the longer a race is, the *more* money it will cost each leadership campaign to compete. A longer race is more exclusive, not inclusive, because only big players will have the resources to keep going for an extended period of time. A lot of people pushing this long campaign stuff are very worked up about „the establishment“, but while the party executive clearly doesn’t want a really long race, a long race would still be a benefit to the most „establishment“ campaign, because it would have the most money to fundraise and spend.
The NDP needs to have a modest length race. 4-6 months would be generous, and more than enough time for any serious campaign to get going. Anything longer than that would be a waste.