The only mention the NDP gets in the story is:
For the past few years, the New Democrats have pushed for a windfall tax on the record profits of grocery giants. Justin Trudeau initially rejected the idea, calling it “simplistic,” then shifted to vaguely threatening to implement it, without following through. Meanwhile, the Conservatives have expressed constant opposition.
It would be interesting to use them as a control, assuming they haven’t received the same donations. Are they proposing stronger legislation or policy?
I don’t understand why the NDP don’t do better in elections. It astonishes me that Canadians won’t vote for the only party with any real will to address the problems that affect them daily. Do people really think the Conservatives have the best interests of the common people at heart?
I looked at the YouTube channels for each party a couple of weeks back. The Conservatives had like six videos released in the previous ten days. The NDP had around five in the previous three months.
I’m coming to believe that the NDP doesn’t get votes because they don’t get their story out. They drop the occasional press release and sound bite, but that’s about it. Meanwhile the Cons do a full court press on every social media platform constantly.
Tbh a lot of the disparagement the NDP faces comes from the one time Ontario elected an NDP premier (Bob Rae, in 1990).
Too many people still believe utter nonsense and outright lies about Rae’s tenure, like he caused the 1990’s recession (it began 7 months before Rae’s election).
Here’s a good article on the stories that people like Drug Fraud still toss around like fact.
A great way for the NDP to combat that nonsense would be to release videos on YouTube.
And Mastodon! :)
The one social media network the amplified left-wing radicalism–Twitter–got bought and tanked by a billionaire.
I can barely recall the last time I saw real left-wing content on Youtube, and the others (Facebook, Reddit) are fine with overt Naziism, but say “eat the rich and pass the ketchup!” and you’re looking at suspension.
There are some decent left-wing channels on YouTube, but you won’t see recommendations for them unless you have a history of watching stuff like that. Google knows about my political leanings because they watch everything I do, so I see left-wing content in my recommendations. By default though they are far more likely to recommend right-wing rubbish.
If I were leading the NDP, I would be banging this drum constantly. Instead, we have the fucking Conservatives acting as the party of the working class, which is insane.
It seems to work for Sanders in the US, but the NDP parties in Canada seem afraid to be called socialists, having been stung during the Rae era in Ontario.
But the Cons also received money. How are they acting as the party of the working class? The NDP got us pharmacare added to healthcare while in 3rd place.
Well, when I say “Acting” I mean “they’re making a lot of noise about it, and somehow their supporters believe them”
Ok, got it.
I agree, but honestly, their supporters don’t have to believe. They vote for the C even when they don’t bother to put up platform, and I mean that literally. Their supporters support the C, they don’t care what the people actually do.
TIL Canadians use the term Tory
But we don’t use Whig. 🤷♂️
But our lawyers and judges still have to dress in that stupid ass costume like it’s the 1800s
I think the US had Whigs for like a decade maybe? Them and the Know Nothings.
Apparently we need even stronger controls on political donations, since it seems that purchasing politicians is pretty cheap.
He thought it was very effective, that you could get very high returns for relatively small amounts of money
- Caroline Ellison’s testimony on SBF
(Yes I know that’s USA but our elected bums are just as easily bought)
This is one of those things where I think our political class just doesn’t give a shit.
The public is unhappy, but that hasn’t translated into a threat at election time, so MPs and MPPs let the status quo linger. Politicians are happy to accept the donations, but would there be a different outcome if the Westons hadn’t donated a few thousand dollars a year?
Having said that, I’m all for controls on donations, limits on political advertising, limits on where politicians can work after they leave office, etc.
even stronger controls
Sort of implies there are already strong controls. What are they?
Go see Bob Loblaw, Attorney at Law…he’s usually on his law blog
Study shows politicians are crooked and would sell your blood to add another foot to their lakefront property. More at 11.
You mean liberals are crooked… so both the democrats and republicans… one is neo, the other classical… both imperialistic :D Yeeeey Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Raegen were liberals…
So yeah, definitely corrupt. Vote third party, or vote for electoral reform. If not? Stop complaining.
