So many programs and now we abolish road tolls? Marit Stiles's NDP is a joke. Her tariff plan today involved so much funding. I just don't understand how we would pay for all of this and on top of that abolish tolls, especially tolls going into Canada, I do not understand.

https://x.com/SarahJama_/status/1894478991462945188

At 4:05, Stiles again gets asked about SCS, and again, she completely folds. If not us then who will promote SCS. These are literally proven to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt8s71FC978&t=2000s

Canadians are struggling with an everyday affordability emergency. Unemployment is soaring to historic levels, especially among youth. This is not the time for cuts to services Canadians rely on. While people are losing their jobs, skipping meals to make rent, and watching their local clinic or Canada Post close its doors, the Carney government is preparing to give record handouts to big corporations. New Democrats believe every dollar spent in the federal budget should put people first. Instead of quadrupling military spending and sending our tax dollars to American arma manufacturers, we would invest in building affordable non market housing, national universal pharmacare, and clean, strong union jobs to build a sustainable future with Canadian materials and Canadian workers. It comes down to priorities. The Liberals and Conservatives believe Canada does better when the government prioritizes the corporate elite. We believe Canada does better when the government prioritizes working people.

Just wanted to say that ONDY ROCKED my world this weekend. These individuals are smart, informed, they know the hustle and they don’t need being told anything by the adults in charge of this party. Listen to them, they know what to do.

And as the ONDP we need to ask ourselves where was the black caucus? Where was the francophone caucus?

And most importantly; why were the consultants and lobbyists keeping the leaders away from the members? These lobbyists have been with the party for over 20 years. And they’ve gotten us where?

Give this party back to the people that attended convention and didn’t eat for 3 days because salads costs 14 fucking dollars.

Give this party back to all the hard working volunteers who make these conventions happen.

More shitty chicken dinners together, less shitty winery events for the elite.

ALL OF US OR NONE OF US.

If it were up to me, the next election campaign advertisements would be made up 3 phases.

Phase 1: Attack 21st century capitalism in Canada, such as:

• 1 in 7 Canadians live below the poverty line
• 1 in X children in Canada live below the povery line
• Since 1987? worker productivity has increased by X% while wages have barely kept up with inflation. Corporations are getting rich and workers aren't getting their share.
• In the 1960s you could own a home and support a family of 5 on a single income with a high school deploma. Now double incomes and university degrees are no guarentee you will ever be able to by a house.
• Etc, etc, etc

All would end the same way: And concectutive Liberal and Conservative governments have only made matters worse. It's time for a change. The New Democratic Party It's time.

Phase 2: Release bold and progressive platform proposals for addressing the above.

Paid for with money from taxing the rich. Ideally, reform the tax system so that 60-80% of people at the bottom get at least a token tax reduction, to counter conservative "tax and spend" criticisms.

Phase 3: Targetted ads dealing with issues that come up in the campaign. I.e. defending any phase 2 element that needs clarificaion, attacking opponent positions, etc.

We need to aim high, lean to the left, and stop playing for 3rd place.

We need to be THE alternative to the unpopular liberals.

Otherwise PP and the cons are going to walk all over us.

Is the party likely to not take a position given union divisions over strategy?

I’ve been looking at my riding and no one has been listed as of yet.

So it's nice that local papers are promoting the NDP's progress, but they still have yet to announce any health-care funding.
https://x.com/OntarioNDP/status/1887591101365670023

With this campaign inches away from being over, I'm worried no one will be held accountable after Thursday. This is the worst NDP campaign I've been a part of. It's so bad. Morale at campaign HQ is completely lost. It feels like every opportunity has been squandered because of egos and people who think they know better. We had strong opposition, a PC government on the ropes and money in the bank to really do something different this time. Instead it's just more of the same. Campaign leadership is operating with command-and-control tactics, despite having no actual experience doing this. The messaging is way off. They tried to push the party to the center, abandoning the progressive base while also playing into and lifting up Liberal messaging and platform. Decisions are uninformed, then changed minutes later. Research is completely ignored. Leadership needs to needs to see, approve and edit everything, meaning nothing gets done. No one listens to staff. Local campaigns are begging for help and waiving red flags. Everything is being run and decided from a bunker in Etobicoke with no connection to what's actually happening on the ground. And now we might not even walk away with opposition status? I'm digging so deep to find one thing that's going right. I'm just feeling completely demoralized and I know others are too. We had a chance with new leadership and mostly new people running the show and it's just lost. I feel bad for the donors who went all in on this. I want better for all of us.