I’m more traditionally a Liberal voter, but have voted NDP before.
I think we’ve let the pendulum swing in favour of big business at the expense of workers, consumers, renters, people with disabilities, etc for too long.
I very much did not like Singh’s NDP, and I want a return of a party that can turn heads and stand up for real working Canadians.
That’s my kind of optimism. I hope the next leader also realizes that it’s not all about the leader. Their job will be to rebuild the party from the bottom up.
Singh didn’t/doesn’t seem to me to be a megalomaniac, but Canadians are more racist, particularly against Indians, than they let on.
But yes, if they get a white male boomer—preferably a WASP—as leader then their chances will be far better.
No women leaders, though: the Mexicans elected a woman as president, but Mexicans seem to be different than Anglo-Americans and Anglo-Canadians (and probably Franco-Canadians too).
Mr. Singh does not seem to be a megalomaniac; he comes across as a genuinely nice guy. But he was not the leader I believe we need — at least not from what we could see from media coverage and the party’s own communications. Personally I don’t give a damn about the sex, religion, or “race” of people I vote for, and I think even now among the electorate at large such factors are greatly outweighed by more relevant considerations. I want a leader who can convincingly explain in detail economics and what’s wrong with it, environmentalism and why it matters, how socialism could transform Canada, and why we should want it to. Then they might have a chance to recruit people at the grassroots level and revitalize the party. Too much to ask? Maybe, but this thread is about optimism.
As a pretty staunch Liberal who is genuinely a fan of Carney so far: I completely agree. If the NDP serves as nothing more than the sanctimonious wing of the LPC, then it effectively has no reason to exist. Even as someone who is pretty centrist, we NEED a valid socialist voice in this country’s political sphere. You can’t have a healthy, vibrant democracy without a plurality of perspectives, and legitimate representation for Canadians who share those perspectives.
Hopefully the next NDP leader is effective and returns to the socialist roots.
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I’m more traditionally a Liberal voter, but have voted NDP before.
I think we’ve let the pendulum swing in favour of big business at the expense of workers, consumers, renters, people with disabilities, etc for too long.
I very much did not like Singh’s NDP, and I want a return of a party that can turn heads and stand up for real working Canadians.
That’s my kind of optimism. I hope the next leader also realizes that it’s not all about the leader. Their job will be to rebuild the party from the bottom up.
Singh didn’t/doesn’t seem to me to be a megalomaniac, but Canadians are more racist, particularly against Indians, than they let on.
But yes, if they get a white male boomer—preferably a WASP—as leader then their chances will be far better.
No women leaders, though: the Mexicans elected a woman as president, but Mexicans seem to be different than Anglo-Americans and Anglo-Canadians (and probably Franco-Canadians too).
Mr. Singh does not seem to be a megalomaniac; he comes across as a genuinely nice guy. But he was not the leader I believe we need — at least not from what we could see from media coverage and the party’s own communications. Personally I don’t give a damn about the sex, religion, or “race” of people I vote for, and I think even now among the electorate at large such factors are greatly outweighed by more relevant considerations. I want a leader who can convincingly explain in detail economics and what’s wrong with it, environmentalism and why it matters, how socialism could transform Canada, and why we should want it to. Then they might have a chance to recruit people at the grassroots level and revitalize the party. Too much to ask? Maybe, but this thread is about optimism.
As a pretty staunch Liberal who is genuinely a fan of Carney so far: I completely agree. If the NDP serves as nothing more than the sanctimonious wing of the LPC, then it effectively has no reason to exist. Even as someone who is pretty centrist, we NEED a valid socialist voice in this country’s political sphere. You can’t have a healthy, vibrant democracy without a plurality of perspectives, and legitimate representation for Canadians who share those perspectives.
They never abondonned that