Odd commentary. Never in my life have I ever heard anyone say the NDP needs a leader more like Mulcair, be they liberal or conservative. It seems this framing is steeped in false dichotomy.
fredovan on
The next NDP should not be like either of them because they both made the same mistake. They both led the NDP at a time when the Liberals were historically weak, and both fumbled the chance to make the NDP the main left leaning party at the federal level.
Snurgisdr on
For the NDP to try to move into the Liberal space would probably finish them off. The Ontario Liberals attempted something similar in last year’s provincial election when they campaigned as basically “the PCs without Doug Ford” and wiped themselves off the map.
“Same as the other party but with our brand on it” is an idea with little appeal outside partisans who don’t care what they represent as long as they win, and those are the people whose votes are already locked up anyway.
aldur1 on
Is David Eby and Wab Kinew dead to these people?
Yeah I know Eby isn’t doing too great these days but surely a sitting NDP premier is better to emulate.
hippiechan on
What we need is *socialism*. It’s increasingly clear the way in which economy and politics interact in Canada, and it’s not to the benefit of the people – Canada pours billions of dollars into the private sector with little to no expectation of a return, the business sector has duped Canadians into paying the majority of taxes to the public purse while a huge cut of the revenues goes back to businesses, and corruption among the federal and provincial governments is at an all time high.
It’s no surprise with all of that then that inequality is skyrocketing, poverty is at all time highs, more Canadians than ever are relying on food banks to feed themselves, and our housing market is millions of units behind what’s actually needed. Our entire society is built in a way to funnel money away from working people and into the pockets of the rich.
The solution to that is to strike a clear message that the Galen Westons and the Chip Wilson’s aren’t in charge. Make the economy work for the people, intervene to keep prices low and goods affordable, and make sure jobs pay fair wages and don’t gouge their own employees. China has had great success doing all of these things – low food inflation, plentiful affordable housing, increasing labour standards – and their living standards and happiness have increased as a result. Meanwhile we still squabble in mediocrity while the richest people in the country continue to eat up everything they can see.
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Odd commentary. Never in my life have I ever heard anyone say the NDP needs a leader more like Mulcair, be they liberal or conservative. It seems this framing is steeped in false dichotomy.
The next NDP should not be like either of them because they both made the same mistake. They both led the NDP at a time when the Liberals were historically weak, and both fumbled the chance to make the NDP the main left leaning party at the federal level.
For the NDP to try to move into the Liberal space would probably finish them off. The Ontario Liberals attempted something similar in last year’s provincial election when they campaigned as basically “the PCs without Doug Ford” and wiped themselves off the map.
“Same as the other party but with our brand on it” is an idea with little appeal outside partisans who don’t care what they represent as long as they win, and those are the people whose votes are already locked up anyway.
Is David Eby and Wab Kinew dead to these people?
Yeah I know Eby isn’t doing too great these days but surely a sitting NDP premier is better to emulate.
What we need is *socialism*. It’s increasingly clear the way in which economy and politics interact in Canada, and it’s not to the benefit of the people – Canada pours billions of dollars into the private sector with little to no expectation of a return, the business sector has duped Canadians into paying the majority of taxes to the public purse while a huge cut of the revenues goes back to businesses, and corruption among the federal and provincial governments is at an all time high.
It’s no surprise with all of that then that inequality is skyrocketing, poverty is at all time highs, more Canadians than ever are relying on food banks to feed themselves, and our housing market is millions of units behind what’s actually needed. Our entire society is built in a way to funnel money away from working people and into the pockets of the rich.
The solution to that is to strike a clear message that the Galen Westons and the Chip Wilson’s aren’t in charge. Make the economy work for the people, intervene to keep prices low and goods affordable, and make sure jobs pay fair wages and don’t gouge their own employees. China has had great success doing all of these things – low food inflation, plentiful affordable housing, increasing labour standards – and their living standards and happiness have increased as a result. Meanwhile we still squabble in mediocrity while the richest people in the country continue to eat up everything they can see.