To be more successful, the NDP can reclaim its heritage of left-wing populism
A way forward for the NDP is not so much in countering the Liberals as it is about capturing the main anti-establishment thrust from the Conservatives.
Why the NDP is sticking with the deal
The NDP sits in the best position it can realistically hope for: holding the balance of power in a Parliament with a minority Liberal government that prefers being tugged to the left rather than the right.
Minority Parliaments can work
There was one positive: two parties worked together on the federal budget, which is refreshing in these toxic political times.
Government must start ‘walking their talk’ on affordability to maximize political impact of budget roll-out, says pollster
Some ‘very real wins’ for the NDP set-up an ‘important class-based message’ it can deliver to working class voters, says strategist.
New Democrats ‘break the logjam’ on Telford’s testimony, as the Liberals choose ‘lesser of two evils,’ say strategists
As long as the Liberals can manage Katie Telford’s coming testimony effectively, the government has a path to the end of the spring session, and has a rationale to not call an election until October, says political scientist Lori Turnbull.
At Broadbent’s Progress Summit, a desire for more populism on the political left emerges
The political right is tapping into voters’ anger, and the political left should not shy away from harnessing it, too, a Bernie Sanders adviser, Faiz Shakir, told a group of labour leaders and progressives at the Broadbent Institute’s Progress Summit on March 9.
Fisheries Minister Murray promotes new parliamentary affairs director
Plus, former NDP director of communications Mélanie Richer is now a senior consultant for strategic communications with Earnscliffe Strategies.
Singh needs a few sparks
Sometimes it just takes a few sparks to get a political bandwagon moving.
Opposition parties need to up their foreign policy game
Opposition parties get stuck in the frame of personal attacks and reactionary scapegoating, rather than providing alternatives for hard policy questions.
Singh should stop raising spectre of health-care boogeyman
Canadians want politicians to pursue real solutions, not take things off the table simply because there is some political opportunity in posturing on a fairy tale.
