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Jagmeet Singh vs. Galen Weston: The NDP's crusade to bring down 'corporate greed' (www.winnipegfreepress.com)

submitted 1 year ago by grte to c/canadapolitics

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[–] floofloof 18 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Singh’s private member’s bill, which aims to bring down the cost of basic essentials, passed second reading in the House of Commons with the support of Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs.

Liberals have voted against the bill, with some accusing the NDP leader of trying to stifle free enterprise.

Why, in Canada, is the only party that tries to address most people's problems also the only party that people never vote into government? Why do Canadians run back and forth between Liberals and Conservatives when neither will work for their well being?

[–] Nomecks 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Because every time the NDP get in power they try to make drastic changes that hurt them in the short term. It takes a party more than one term to figure out how hard you can pull the levers of government without causing major issues, and the NDP can't get over that hurdle provincially. Notley's AB NDP were the most pragmatic NDP so far, but Alberta's gonna Alberta.

[–] Hootz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The logic of

Provincial NDP = Federal NDP

We gotta remember not everyone can see a difference, and it's because they make an active choice not to.