End of the NDP?
Could it be true? That the NDP party is going to become redundant in the next federal election. I sure hope so for the sake of a renewed federal Liberal party and a stronger two party system. After all, for a country of 30 million persons, do we really need five “national” political parties?
While the great infrastructure begging contest goes on in earnest, the NDP is sending clear signals that they’ll likely vote against the upcoming federal budget – no matter what it contains. Apparently, they’ve been overcome by the scent of power and would like to chance it on their own coalition terms.
Government cheques for everyone!
I’m amazed at how the NDP can continue to wave the “average working people’s party” banner. Yet even Iggy hums this hypocritical hymn of late. Hasn’t anybody paid attention to recent history here? Do they not remember how NDP policies destroyed the Ontario economy when they held power? Or was anyone else in BC with me in the 90’s for the ten “lost” years of NDP government?
The name of the NDP game is crimping private sector wealth, increasing hidden taxes (and bureaucracies to support them), scaring off capital investment and awarding cushy government jobs to anyone wearing the people’s colours. All while dining in the hottest new restaurants on Granville Island.
I often wonder if the NDP truly believe it is their God-given right to fleece the average Canadian taxpayer for the benefit of their loyal followers.
I’d like to suggest to smilin’ Jack and his fellow socialists that they succumb to a friendly takeover by the federal Liberals. Right now, their seats would be a very hot commodity for the Iggmeister. And they could demand top dollar for their new loyalty. Can I hear you say Deputy Prime Minister Layton? They might even rename this combo party the Liberal Democratic Party. Nice ring to it. And a strong opponent to the Conservative’s Reform/Alliance/PC coalition party led by Mr. Harper. Colloquially they’d become Lib-Dippers, marginalize the BLOC and give Canadians a clear voting alternative next time around. Kinda like a mega Grey Cup contest.
Either that or stick to this shaky, separatist-backed, coalition concept, run individually as the good old “for the working people” NDP party and get annihilated once and for all.
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January 18th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
While your criticisms of the NDP’s performance while in power are valid and fair, the suggestion that the NDP is near its end is ludicrous. The NDP earned more donations and has more donors than the Liberals in the prior election. There is a great divide between Liberal party members, that the new leadership must fix. To say that the NDP are on the way out is incorrect and has no substantive evidence backing it.
June 17th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Jayson,
Fact: The N.D.P. are miles away from ever forming th egovernment of Canada. The existence of the N.D.P. played a major role in the creation of a Conservative minortiy government, (Layton helped bring down Martin). The policies of the Conservative party are dramatically different from the N.D.P. and yet the split of the left of center vote help to perpetuate the problem of right wing government. It is not likely that the N.D.P. will go away, but history will repeat itself and the N.D.P. are destined to return to levels of support that make it a virtual non-entity in the house.
Canadian punish the Liberals every now and then and put the Cons. in power. When this happens the N.D.P. enjoy a surge from those on the left who wish to punish the Libs., however, (and luckily) the Cons. eventually show their true colours and Canadians are driven back to the Libs.
I have never understood why the N.D.P. doesn’t understand that they and their members could be a powerful force within the Lib party which would help to keep it leaning left while also slowly pushing through elements of the N.D.P. policy book.