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After this is all done, we need to rebuild the left in this country. We need the NDP to be putting forth bold policy proposals to neutralize the far right populist appeal of the fucking conservative ghouls.
And to engage peoples hard, negative feelings. The conservatives keep capturing the NDP’s natural base because they refuse to actually reflect their feelings and perceptions back to them. This whole “let’s get along, and cancel your bank fees” thing doesn’t resonate.
We need European style left populism, like Mélenchon in France, or Corbyn in the UK. The mainstream media are going to call us hippie socialists no matter how “costed” and “responsible” our platform is. We need to be going for the jugular.
Very much so.
They need to replace Singh from the leadership … I have a lot of respect for him and I do appreciate him but you have to be realistic, the majority of the country is still very conservative Eurocentric minded population. The majority of the country do not identify with a politician with a turban. I have no problem with it but there are still many, many people out there that will never support someone like this. Singh also brings in the controversy and troubles of the Sikh / Indian controversies.
I hate to say it and hate to admit it but the only way that the NDP can grow is for the leadership to be replaced by someone who is white but at the very least someone who does not identify with a specific ethnic / religious group by wearing a piece of clothing to identify themselves.
I am a lifelong NDP supporter … I voted for them in my riding here in northern Ontario. But I do know from personal experience and from talking to people in my area that the greatest stumbling block for them voting NDP is that they just can’t identify with a leader who represents a very small ethnic minority in the country.
No, just no. Singh is as Canadian as the rest of us, period. And for any racialized Canadians reading this, that goes for you too as far as I and millions of other Canadians are concerned. We don’t need to court the votes of racists and we should never feel like we ought to appease them; they either get educated or they spend the rest of their lives voting for regressives. The leadership of our diverse country ought to be reflected in our leaders and the days of trying to middle ground with regressives ought to be put firmly behind us.
I’m Indigenous Canadian and I’m a big brown long haired native guy … you can’t get any more obviously racialized a person as me.
I’m also a lifelong NDP supporter … I’ve been part of the party since I started actively voting just over 30 years ago and I even joined in election campaigns for the party in my region over the years.
And from those experiences … we can’t fool ourselves of what the dynamics of the country still are. You are right we should think the way you describe … that is what we should aspire to … but the reality is that that kind of mentality will only occur in decades or centuries, it won’t change any time soon or within our lifetime. I would love for it change sooner rather than later but that isn’t realistic.
One of the troubling things I noticed in the NDP was in union and worker supporters … as a group most workers and unions will support a party like the NDP … but as individuals they are more than likely to vote for conservative. They support socialist ideals as workers and conservative beliefs at home.
Which is why I honestly believe that at this point in history, we need a plain old older white male to lead the party … if Jack Layton had survived, we would have probably had him as Prime Minister at this point … it’s so sad that he left us before he had a chance to do anything.
I know you weren’t saying you think like that. I’m just disagreeing with you about tactics.
The majority of the country do not identify with a politician with a turban.
The majority of the country identify with a very narrow profile, and it excludes many marginalized groups that we both know need no more exclusion. So I am super-conflicted with the reasoning being “he’s not like most Canadians” being a reason to replace him, but I see where it absolutely will/has affected his image with the more rural regions.
We had a period of turmoil during Justin’s last run that had Mr Singh appearing narrowly-focused on a particular segment of the population, and it was hard not to believe that it was to the detriment of the rest of the country. I worry he will appear to put one group before the rest, and we really need to believe all groups are on an equal footing before he can hope for support from the Rurals.
we need to rebuild the left
Well, memberships are cheap and it’s easy to get involved at the riding level where you can vote for the local leadership at the AGM, help make policy at conventions, vote for the leader,… Membership has its privileges.
That and we need electoral reform. The NDP bled hard into liberal support as people wanted to avoid electing conservatives. FPTP will never lead to an NDP government.
I’m more centrist but I also want a strong left.
I want good working class Canadians to rally back to a strong NDP and unions and see their influence grow, and I want that to start pushing our policies back towards effective social policy.
It does need to be a balance, but I don’t see how for example small businesses not having to provide health insurance to compete is bad for businesses. It’s a burden off of them and good for employees.
Private healthcare mostly helps the big entrenched companies, and that’s bad for an economy.
Singh just stepped down and hopefully the change will mean more potential for the NDP in the next election.
I’m Indigenous Canadian and I fully wish that we could have a country and a political environment where we could support and stand by a visible minority to represent a major political party. But I have to temper that with the knowledge that our country is not fully ready for that kind of person. As much as we would like to believe that we could become a more progressive, open and accepting culture, we are still not there and it will be a few more decades or lifetimes before that can become a reality.
It would be more possible if we actually had an election system that was more representative of our people’s wishes … Proportional Representation would make it more possible to have major political leaders and politicians who represented visible minorities.
Wab Kinew seems to be doing well. But I don’t know if MB would give him up.
Yeah, he’s doing great!
I like and respect him as a politician, but is he NDP-leaning? He strikes me as more centre.
He’s literally the NDP premiere of Manitoba…
Lol, I’m a dummy. Thanks for the info. I live in a province that has never had an NDP premier, so my brain didn’t think to check.
That smile of his creeps me out.
No way. His smile is contagious. It just seems odd because its so rare to see a politician with a genuine smile and not a carefully crafted one.
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I would honestly love to see Wab Kinew take a run at the federal leadership.
Regardless of how he may have turned his life around, I don’t think Canada is ready for a federal leader with a previous criminal record.
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I genuinely think that would be far more of a problem than him being indigenous, if that’s what you’re implying. If he were running for the CPC then yeah of course racism would be a much bigger issue.
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I always liked Singh as a person, but I feel like NDP needs some change. They are a party focused on throwing shade on other parties. They need their own identity.
Implying that the NDP wasn’t elected due to their leader being a visible minority is either disingenuous or very misinformed. There are of course bigots in Canada, but most Canadians aren’t bigots.
As a visible minority … I’m Indigenous Canadian … most of Canada is still bigoted. It’s not as bad as it was 50 years ago or even 20 years ago but it is still very bigoted and racist towards any visible minorities. The difference in our modern world is that the discrimination is more subtle, hidden and discrete … it’s an attitude that is literally baked in the system and fabric of society. I don’t get treated negatively or with racism in my life but from time to time, those attitudes do appear and I am always aware of them.
I’m in northern Ontario and as much as there are a lot of NDP lovers up here, the majority of them still hold Native people in contempt and with negative attitudes … we’re always seen as either incapable of helping ourselves and worthless, while also being seen as people living with free-for-all social welfare. People want to be us but also despise or ridicule actual full blooded Native people living on their lands. They simultaneously see us as powerless while at the same time having too much control or influence over resource development. We either have no money or not allowed to make money for ourselves. Government still has a very hard time balancing between managing our complaints and allowing us enough control to not disturb their corporate friends … which when you think about it has always been the role of government in Native affairs.
The cities might not show their bigots and intolerance so easily … but in the rural, northern and remote areas, it still very much the same as it was decades ago.
I’m in Southern Ontario and I’m definitely not a minority.
I see the racist rhetoric regularly. People see me, a straight white male, and more than a few times, mistake me for a like-minded individual, and they let their racism spew out like bile.
Makes me sick.
It also makes me sick to think that Canadians could be so cruel to the indigenous peoples. I don’t think any amount of time, reparations, or anything else, could make up for what occurred.
We’re Canadians, if you’re not indigenous, then you’re either an immigrant, or the descendant of an immigrant. We’re all here, equal in the eyes of the law (not law enforcement/police, the letter of the law), and there’s no good excuse to act otherwise. United we stand, divided we fall. One country in particular, wants us to be divided. Don’t let them win.
Vive le Canada!
Right there with you man, it’s hard to imagine that any regular looking white dude in Canada could claim in good faith that they’ve never been in a conversation where they witnessed a bunch of similar looking dudes go hardcore mask-off because they thought the coast was clear.
I think most of these attitudes stem from group mentality … and the powers that be love to spread hate and fear because its so easy to sell and manipulate people with.
When I meet most people … any people of any race, colour or creed … people are very decent human beings. I’ve even travelled to Asia, Europe, Caribbean and parts of northern Africa and in every instance, all I met were good decent human beings.
But get them in any group and poison that group with hatred of any kind and the whole mass just moves like an angry mob. It takes courage for any one person in a group to call everyone else out and its far easier for everyone else to just fall into line. I’m even guilty of this as well … Indigenous people can fall into those hateful racist attitudes as easily as any other person.
But when I hear comments like yours … it gives me hope that the world can change and is on its way to changing to better attitudes and perspectives. Stay well my friend.
I will say, from my own limited experience, instances of racist/bigoted comments have diminished over time.
I’ll be clear, it still happens. But it’s less than it was.
I’m continually hopeful that racism will be eliminated in future generations, and it is my wish that it happens soon.
I’ll also be clear: I don’t keep company with that kind of person. Anyone who can judge another based on their country of origin, the color of their skin, or their creed/motto/whatever alone, isn’t worth my time, nor effort to associate with, know, or have any kind of relationship with at all, for any reason, for any length of time. Those people are not worth my time nor mental effort to accommodate. They’re not even worth the oxygen they consume.
Meh, I wouldn’t brush aside this so easily. You don’t have to be a full blown bigot to be affected by bias. Most people have unconscious bias that tilt their opinion one way or another. A white woman would face extra barriers… so you can safely bet a guy from the ethnicity that has some people literally saying that we have “allowed in too much of” will face a hasher hill to climb. Though I also agree that this isn’t the main reason the NDP didn’t go well, it’s probably a minor contributing factor.
How many times have I heard a phrase containing “these brown people” out loud in the last year? Not many. But not zero. And if I could also hear peoples subconscious thoughts, it would probably have been way more than we’d like to admit.
Interesting takes on CBC, but reality is that Polievre is shit. He lost this election because he is terrible, stupid, lazy and inept. He wasn’t ready for an election, he didn’t do his homework, he ran scared of the media, he is stupid (demonstrated by his understanding of electricity and bread). That he believed he could treat Canadians with such disdain and disrespect. He deserves the rest of his life as an insult stuck to the sole of my shoe.
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Generously, Trump put him in a bind. On the one hand around a third of his supporters would be down with being the 51st state, or are at least fans of what Trump is doing. If he came out too hard against Trump, he could have bled support to the PPC,
Ironically, electoral reform would save the Conservative Party. It would probably split back into a more PC style centre-right party and a more populist Reform style party. I think an old Joe Clark style PC leader could have done better, but with ⅓ of the modern CPC Qonvoy supporting Trumpians, I don’t know that they could elect one. If they did, it would be Erin O’Toole all over again.
And now he needs to get his resume ready for the first time ever.
In the great words of Total Bastard Airlines, “Bu-Bye!”
And in the great words of a Canadian celebrity that I won’t name, who asked me over coffee looking for his first job, “What’s a resume”. As in let’s resume looking for a job.
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I mean, he’s very, very good at the firehose-of-soundbites style of campaigning. The dude has literally gotten elected for every year of his working life on it.
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It’s looking like people like you made the difference, based on the vibe of the early results. It’s close.
Edit: It’s pulling apart as things go on.
I feel the same, haha
Just in case anyone is using 338 for info:
- the higher voter turnout so far indicates this type of model will be less accurate this election.
- the riding numbers are from provincial polling, there is no per riding polling incorporated. With increased turnout, I expect these to be less accurate.
- the model works by rating pollsters based on how well the predict past elections. That’s why increased turnout means things may swing from their forecast.
All that adds up to the potential for huge swings in votes, swings that can go either direction.
Things to watch for:
- Gen Z men’s rightward swing. Expect high turnout from this group for the Conservatives. They consume a lot of right wing media and have been struggling with tough economic conditions, so will be motivated.
- Boomer influence is waning — this is the first election they are not the largest demographic.
- Gen X are actually wealthier than boomers and are the only demographic that en masse had better economic outlooks since COVID. I don’t know if they’re going to stay the coarse with LPC or vote CPC for the tax cuts, traditionally more income swings right, especially with how Pollievre wants to change housing taxes
- Older women and Quebec are very anti-Pollievre, this might end up with a suppressed vote or a very strong vote LPC.
- Rural areas I think will swing more conservative than ever, and this might be where the forecasts swing. E.g. rural Ontario may not be as safe as thought.
TLDR be prepared for surprises today.
I’m gen-x, my kids are Z. We all voted ABC.
Well, let’s find out if we delay fascism for 4 years or not.
We best start fighting back regardless of how it turns out.
Oh yeah, to be clear if the libs win delay is absolutely the key word here. They won’t do shit to fight fascism so it’s up to the few that give a fuck to do it.
I suspect a lot of pivotal things will happen in the next 4 years. The fascists are at the point where they actually have to put things into practice, and that’s what brought them down the last time around. This election is just the first example.
So, maybe it’s not just a delay? Fingers crossed.
If it’s a minority government, the conservatives are going to be the opposition and they’re going to block everything.
They might still have to make a coalition with the NDP but most importantly, the Bloc québécois.
I really expect the NDP will be up for it. The Bloc might be dicier. ATM they still haven’t called a minority so I have a feeling the NDP will suffice.
Hoping for some kind of Conservative participation is a pipe dream, though, you’re right about that. I haven’t even heard it discussed.
They’ve adopted the republicans’ scummy ways since Harper. And it intensified during this election. We had social media influence to thank as well.
It’s up to us to demand that they fight it
Hahahahahahahaha.
Like actually though. Make them listen. Organize and withhold labour until we get PR and advances made against online hate speech.
Lmao PP’s on his way to lose his own riding
Imagine if he came in 91st. It’d be a heritage moment up there with balcony guy
Hahahaha that’d be incredible
Watching the CBC feed on YouTube. It says only 10 of 266 polls reported, but Fanjoy (what an apt name) is ahead by over 50%. That’s pretty incredible.
Also wtf? 91 candidates? In a country with FPTP‽
It’s a joke/protest setup by the Longest Ballot Committee ironically in opposition to FPTP and definitely isn’t the norm haha
Oh that’s brilliant! I love it!
Still not called, but a pretty wide gap.
Just got this beautiful flyer hand delivered by the CPC to help me vote against the CPC:
PP lost his seat, didn’t he?
He may well have, lol.
Hopefully the joker is out.
Still awake for this.
In all seriousness, even if he loses his seat he’ll get elected in another riding. They’ll push a con to resign in a safe riding and PP will run there. It could happen quickly too. The question is whether the party is going to kick him out or not.
I’m literally too excited to sleep haha! We’re gonna have a productive government that will catch up to the most advanced countries in the world. We will keep and expand upon dentalcare and pharmacare.
I hope so 🙏 Good work and goodnight!
Sleep well friend! Let us dream for the future!
Did you see what I dreamt up? 🤣
I suppose I have haha
I imagine the Conservatives are going to blow up into civil war. By any metric, the Conservatives had this in the bag. The Liberals had been in power for long enough for the public was getting tired of them. Sure, Trump’s talk of annexing Canada wasn’t predictable however the Conservatives had a golden opportunity to pitch themselves as the “National Unity” Party and fucked that up.
Sadly, the Conservatives are just going to double down on the same terrble policies and just ride the cultural war to victory.
All PP had to do was not be a boot licker. He couldn’t even do that.
They value winning too much to actually fall apart, unfortunately.
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Could be a joint
CANADA DOESNT NEED A SMALL pp
CANADA DOESN’T HAVE A SMALL pp
Canada showed up!
Did someone take down 338canada.com or did we crash it?
E: Nope, it’s an attack. Apparently the French version works.
It’s been down for me on and off since yesterday
Nope, it’s an attack
I do not know that you should call it an attack, I am sure their servers are not used to the turn out and therefore the people just learning about the elections.
I’m basing that on the comment by the owner of 338canada. Also they use CloudFlare so it’s unlikely normal load could kill it. Instead I’m guessing someone DDoSed the actual server, behind CF.
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Yeah way too eager, super annoying. The woman beside him is visibly annoyed with him it’s pretty entertaining
Yeah the blatant campaigning is unnecessary and leaves a bad taste in my mouth
Please don’t put your phone in your mouth, even during election night.
Go Bruce Fanjoy! Stop that demagogue!
the article I read about him said that he left his job to raise his children fulltime while his wife worked. then goes on to say his children are well into their post-secodary degrees so he’s been renovating his house and talking everyone’s ear off about how great it is because of its greenness. One of the things he’d like to do as MP is help other people renovate their houses the same way he did.
Losing to Carney, a serious member of the financial class is one thing. But losing to full time parent of 2 adults, who loves eco-friendly home renos is another thing. It’s interesting that neither men has held a conventional job in 20 years. Not to mention the dynamics (esp gender) of one of them having spent the time being a homemaker and the other being a brainwrecker.
Demagogue in a Milhouse suit who let the internet bully him out of wearing glasses. Pathetic.
“We denied a Liberal NDP coalition.”
NDP immediately gains a seat, allowing coalition.That was awesome.
Yeah. The staying on as leader thing can be put down to the “close loss” speech being written ahead of time. Not sure why he didn’t change that part, though.
He could still get his seat, technically.
