As long as the Liberal Party has strong leadership, it will simply be hard for the NDP to find a relevant voice. They don't have Tommy Douglas or Jack Layton to carry them anymore.
Sure, but after two disappointing election cycles it was obviously time to move on.
And it's hard to think of a worse profile than Singh's to prop up the Trudeau government, his whole stock in trade was being the anti-nepo baby alternative to Trudeau.
And then Singh kept keeping the Liberals alive to the point the Tories rightfully or wrongly said Singh and the NDP were keeping Trudeau way past his expiration date so Singh can qualify for his parliamentary pension.
It's funny, I was going to use the phrase "past his expiration date" because Singh's brand is "fresh". Running in a third election after doing grubby deals with the insiders doesn't make you seem so "fresh" anymore.
If Singh had passed a no confidence motion while Trudeau was still the PM, sure the conservatives would win a supermajority but even his party would have benefited a lot i.e in December before the pension attacks started.
Yes, he and his party could have brought down the government last year which would have resulted in a Conservative majority but a much better result for the NDP. To their credit, they didn’t
Yes. He was a mistake from the start. As was Mulcair. If they want to bounce back, they are going to need to find a leader who is left-populist to more distinguish themselves from the Liberals.
Also the Liberal Party is going to have to completely collapse a la 2011. As long as Canada keeps FPTP, there will really only be two parties that dominate.
Stunning that four party leaders failed to win their own riding (district):
– Pierre Poilievre, Conservative. Lost by 4.5% margin.
– Jagmeet Singh, NDP. Lost by 24% margin.
– Jonathan Pedneault, Green Party. Lost by 45.3% margin.
– Maxime Bernier, People’s Party. Lost by 54% margin!
Feels like the NDP make a huge mistake sticking with Singh after the last election.
As long as the Liberal Party has strong leadership, it will simply be hard for the NDP to find a relevant voice. They don't have Tommy Douglas or Jack Layton to carry them anymore.
Sure, but after two disappointing election cycles it was obviously time to move on.
And it's hard to think of a worse profile than Singh's to prop up the Trudeau government, his whole stock in trade was being the anti-nepo baby alternative to Trudeau.
And then Singh kept keeping the Liberals alive to the point the Tories rightfully or wrongly said Singh and the NDP were keeping Trudeau way past his expiration date so Singh can qualify for his parliamentary pension.
It's funny, I was going to use the phrase "past his expiration date" because Singh's brand is "fresh". Running in a third election after doing grubby deals with the insiders doesn't make you seem so "fresh" anymore.
If Singh had passed a no confidence motion while Trudeau was still the PM, sure the conservatives would win a supermajority but even his party would have benefited a lot i.e in December before the pension attacks started.
Yes, he and his party could have brought down the government last year which would have resulted in a Conservative majority but a much better result for the NDP. To their credit, they didn’t
Yes. He was a mistake from the start. As was Mulcair. If they want to bounce back, they are going to need to find a leader who is left-populist to more distinguish themselves from the Liberals.
Also the Liberal Party is going to have to completely collapse a la 2011. As long as Canada keeps FPTP, there will really only be two parties that dominate.
How would that be different from how Mulcair and Singh were?
Mulcair was a former Liberal who praised Margaret Thatcher. Singh never struck that tone and appeared more interested in social issues and nice suits.