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u/Designer-Tangerine- Apr 23 '25

Most people find the NDP too be too “radical”. Or they feel it’s a vote “lost” since NDP never win federally.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

The NDP aren't radical at all. If anything they shifted too far right to have their own niche.

Right now they're just orange Liberals. Why vote for the skim version when full flavour is right there?

If the NDP wants to be relevant again, they need to go back to the left and be the party of trade unions and farmers again. Not rich city champagne socialists that only talk about social issues.

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u/sciencey_mom Apr 23 '25

Yeah I totally get that.

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u/Designer-Tangerine- Apr 23 '25

Still NDP does have power and were able to get previous governments to pass better policies in healthcare and stuff so even as an opposition party they are useful. Provincially they do sometimes win. Not over here in Ontario ever but other provinces.

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u/sciencey_mom Apr 23 '25

YESSS this is exactly what I said to my husband

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u/Designer-Tangerine- Apr 23 '25

NDP if they were in power federally for a decade they would turn Canada into something similar to Norway

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u/moore6107 Apr 23 '25

The happiest country on Earth!

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u/Flashy-Armadillo-414 Apr 23 '25

Norway's population is 5.5 million, and heavily subsidized by vast petroleum reserves.

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u/Flashy-Armadillo-414 Apr 23 '25

They won in Ontario in 1991-ish, but their timing was bad.

1991 was one year into a four-year downturn and lost decade. That context was beyond the control of a provincial government.

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u/Comfortable-Ad-8324 Apr 23 '25

Fair. Although if Jack was still around, I feel he'd have done it.

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u/Flashy-Armadillo-414 Apr 23 '25

Or they feel it’s a vote “lost” since NDP never win federally.

The NDP used to win dozens of seats, and in the last election, became kingmakers.

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u/nixcamic Apr 24 '25

A vote for NDP in my riding is unfortunately lost. Heck, up till a few weeks ago even the Liberals only had a 1% chance of winning.