Ranting about quebec: newspark edition!

[Anonymous X]

Sounds exactly like our “Labour” government elected last July. All they’ve done is enacted austerity on economics and authoritarianism in the social sphere (including all that horrific transphobia); in practice they’re more right wing than the last Tory government.

 

[Pocket]

Does Canada even have any high-profile politicians who are actual progressives? Is there a Canadian equivalent of Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Warren, or Franken before he was kicked out? And, does the parliamentary system provide any chance at all that such a personage could ever become Prime Minister considering it's not the voters who'd be responsible for putting them into office?

 

[wonko the sane?]

The NDP were supposed to be the progressives... but they did the same thing all the rest of them did: traded morals and ideals for corporate cash. Yes, it can actually happen. No, it's not happening now.

The closest thing we have is Wab Keniw out in manitoba, and he is a LONG way from running federally.

 

[Cybersnark]

In theory, the NDP are more left-leaning than the Liberals, but nobody voted for the NDP this time because we were all scared of dividing votes and letting the Conservatives win.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Nobody was voting NDP to begin with: rahj meet singh was not popular, and had no charisma, and didn't offer enough viable policy over the other parties to make a dent. He had some good ideas, but they would have never met the moment.

*sigh*

I miss jack layton.