This is one of the bigger reasons the NDP lost my vote. They are Orange Conservatives at this point and need an overhaul and leadership change to be viable again on the Federal level.
If only the Federal NDP was more like their provincial counterparts.
Canada’s National Observer asked the NDP for comment on the situation and later that day posed the question to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a virtual press conference on April 22.
Singh did not directly respond to Canada’s National Observer’s question, nor its follow-up question about the Green Party’s complaint.
Instead he said many strategic voting websites regularly promote the Liberal Party and that “if you want to stop Conservatives, vote New Democrat. If you also want someone that’s going to … stop liberals like Mark Carney from cutting the things that you need, vote New Democrat.”
An hour later, an NDP spokesperson contacted Canada’s National Observer but did not offer a statement. Instead, they sent information “on background” — indicating it shouldn’t be attributed to the NDP — that pointed out the federal Green Party was sanctioned by Elections Canada in 2016, and said “that website isn’t ours.”
Gotta say I’m unhappy that I’m disappointed in the Federal NDP again, the whataboutism around the green party being sanctioned almost a decade ago is maybe tangentially relevant, but that feels they’re more trying to cast doubt on the green’s poll. Your candidate linked to the website, it doesn’t matter if it’s yours, its part of your party’s official communication. I don’t love that Singh (or any politician for that matter but I align closest historically with the NDP so I’ll be critical) seemingly didn’t address the questions during the press conference either.
There’s something about the current NDP priorities I don’t love, while I totally acknowledge their work on pharmacare, ban on scab labour and dental (and understand why they tore up the supply & confidence agreement over back to work), I started being disappointed back when they held back 100% of campaign rebates, I’ve personally noticed less and less riding level activity from then as well. I don’t love that they’re supporting S-210, I know a bunch of people who started listening to the NDP specifically because they were pretty adamant in their support for privacy. It’s a lot of small things but yeah, they add up.
Well that had a twist to it
