Die NDP hat gute Ideen, die es verdienen, umgesetzt zu werden
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/the-ndp-has-good-ideas-that-deserve-to-be-realized/article_b4a32c46-a70c-4f65-94e3-66cd7848a7ed.html
Die NDP hat gute Ideen, die es verdienen, umgesetzt zu werden
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/the-ndp-has-good-ideas-that-deserve-to-be-realized/article_b4a32c46-a70c-4f65-94e3-66cd7848a7ed.html
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Yes! I’m really excited about Lewis leading the party. His platform is awesome. Conservatism clearly isn’t working and Carney and PP will just have us circling the drain while the rich hoard their wealth. Let’s build a country worth defending through thoughts, ideas, action, and community. Looking forward to what the NDP brings to the discussion on a national level!
For those who haven’t read the „reader’s letter“ of the headline, this is about demanding proportional representation in the future if NDP support is required as they see it the best path to get NDP ideas implemented.
Mod, let me know if I need to remove … Quoting relevant part
>For 160 years, Canada’s political landscape has been dominated by only two parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives. There’s no reason to believe this will change anytime soon, so how realistic is it that any of these ideas put forward by NDP candidates will be realized?
>Enter proportional representation. With PR, not only could voters choose the person, the party, the ideas they want, but those ideas would have a voice at the table. Without PR, all the wonderful ideas will just gather dust, again, and frustrate thousands of Canadians who hope for better.
>This begs the question to the candidates, “in the case of a minority government next election, will you demand proportional representation in exchange for support?”
Weird editing to give letters to the editor this headline.
The good idea that is totally original and no other party has ever promised before is Proportional Representation.
Yes it’s a good idea, but no- it’s not the NDP’s idea.
>From cutting subsidies to the fossil fuel sector, to a guaranteed livable basic income, improved transportation options, infrastructure to deal with natural disasters, wealth tax, reconciliation and eliminating boil water advisories on reserves, affordable housing and of course, the perennial favourite, proportional representation. All very desirable and definitely badly needed in a world which is currently rocking from one crisis to another.
A lot of these aren’t bad, but I don’t know how popular some of them are. I don’t think those are policies that win you elections. Housing is a good start, and a wealth tax is typically popular until you try to implement it, but there are so many things missing on critical areas like trade, foreign policy, military, national unity, economic growth, and others that need to be addressed more comprehensively by the NDP if they want to be taken serious.
The article was a bit empty, though. I was kind of expecting more details. Not really all that informative and very few policies were discussed, especially at any length.
The NDP have also lost a ton of seats with no sign of a general rebound.
I’m telling you as a voter that we need a blue collar worker’s NDP. Forget identity politics, forget Israel/Gaza, forget having the first woman person of colour leader… all of that stuff can come along for the ride more or less unspoken. You you be hyper socially progressive once elected.
In the meantime, find a guy in a suit who can make sense to the common voter and have him speak to the economy and jobs and housing.
I used to vote NDP every election and have utterly lost faith in them as a serious political party. Just contrast how Jagmeet talked about Trump vs. Carney. One sounded like an intelligent strategist, sober and politically savvy… the other sounded like a petulant college radical… and now that guy is gone and his party has been decimated.
The NDP has to grow up.
They are fundamentally more serious about policy that serves the working class than the CPC.
If there should be a 2 party race, it should be between the Liberals and the NDP.
The federal NDP has MANY problems, but the one most relevant today is the fact that it has no vision for what a Canada in today’s fractured post neo-liberal world looks like.
What is the left-wing vision for a Canada that can’t depend on the US to assure it’s security? How does Canada meet the immediate needs of responding to rising trade tensions and economic damage from a difficult relationship with the US while not abandoning the environment, commitment to reconciliation, etc? How do we fix our health care system, which is now perpetual crisis? Most importantly: what are our priorities and how do we pay for it (or WHO pays for it)?
Unfortunately all we’re getting are piecemeal ideas (though some are quite good TBH).
We’re in a period of crisis and change and many Canadians are demanding more from their leaders. We need to do better and offer a more holistic vision, and honestly, Carney had ceded so such ground on the left that there’s a real opportunity for us to do so.