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    Spitzenkandidat McPherson spürt, dass jetzt der richtige Zeitpunkt ist, die NDP des Bundes zu vergrößern


    Spitzenkandidat McPherson spürt, dass jetzt der richtige Zeitpunkt ist, die NDP des Bundes zu vergrößern

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/leadership-candidate-mcpherson-senses-the-moment-to-grow-the-federal-ndp-is-now/

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    1. planemissediknow on

      I think a strong NDP is good and I’d love for them to give me a reason to vote for them, but I just don’t see it with Trump acting the way he is. He’s only gonna get worse, and NDP voters are gonna do ‘anyone but conservative’ even more. Especially if he goes for Greenland, which it feels like he’s getting to the point where he can’t back down.

      I hope the NDP finds their way back, but it feels like they just won’t be able to in the current geopolitical climate. On the federal level, anyway.

    2. bigjimbay on

      Well no the moment was a year and a half ago but better late than never! It’s unfortunate singh tanked the party. I would prefer ashton or mcquial i think but they’ll still have my vote for the foreseeable future regardless of the leader chosen

    3. mukmuk64 on

      With this article about her visiting Calgary I guess her strategy to win is to run up the score in Alberta?

      She’s been the quietest, most absent candidates amongst the top three. I don’t see how she gets any traction continuing on as she has.

    4. BeaverBoyBaxter on

      Sorry but this headline is hilarious. Imagine reading anything else but that:

      >Leadership candidate McPherson not sure if the moment to grow the federal NDP is now

      >Leadership candidate McPherson senses the moment to grow the federal NDP has passed

      >Leadership candidate McPherson senses the moment to shrink the federal NDP is now

      I would certainly hope someone running for leader would want to grow the party they’re going to lead. Especially when that party lost a bunch of seats in the last election.

    5. Minttt on

      Can’t grow the party until it returns to its labour roots instead of focusing on social policy to please suburban/metro leftists.

      Can anyone imagine Jack Layton being this quiet about the various back to work legislation the feds have imposed in recent years, or Alberta using the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work *and* impose a new contract/agreement?

      Instead, it seems like the focus right now is on things like ensuring at least half of signatures for candidate nominations must come from „members who do not identify as a cis man.“

    6. Godzilla52 on

      The ideal federal realignment (at least in my opinion) would be something like a centre-to-centre right liberal party and a west coast style centre-left NDP as the two largest parties. That would likely tone down the toxicity in Canadian politics significantly and make the discourse more intelligent/substantive. I don’t know how realistic it is, but I do know that since the rise of the Reform party back in 1993, the Conservative movement has generally been regressing and dumbing down our political discourse for most of the past 30 years etc.

    7. OmissionsOmen on

      I’m particularly interested in seeing the direction the NDP takes. I’m curious where there is political space, if any, for a party that went from being a champion advocate for unions and blue-collar worker’s rights, to wanting to fast track PR status for temp workers at the expense of worker’s rights and collective bargaining power.

    8. DaOffensiveChicken on

      yeah i dont see how the ndp exsits in a world where the liberals can use the threat of a conservative government dangling over their voters to keep them on their side

      the liberals to me seem theyve cracked the code – as long as they can threaten the left with a conservative government theyll continue to keep voting for them strategically and the ndp will only continue to slide into irrelevancy

    9. Medea_From_Colchis on

      I mean, it’s kind of an imperative to grow the party now. It will be really hard to keep the party alive at the federal level if they have another election like the last one and miss out on official party status.

      The federal party seems lost, though. I see really unimaginative and problematic policies (national rent control) or pie-in-the-sky platforms that promise everything under the sun from a plethora of social programs to ending homelessness. It’s hard to vote for platforms that feel like automatic flops. Ashton seemed to have a message and policy platform that could appeal more broadly, but he wrote himself off with the base after the AMA mishap. The fundraising numbers and [r/NDP](https://www.reddit.com/r/NDP/) suggest they are running straight towards Lewis, too. I just don’t see it working. I am starting to have doubts the party will recover at all.

    10. RNTMA on

      By all measures, NDP voters generally like Carney, and they extremely dislike Poilievre. In that type of environment, I don’t see how the NDP can grow. Worst comes to worse for the Liberals, they just drum up the „strategic voting“ drum again.

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