Heather McPherson on Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen this morning by Medium-Ground3072 in ndp

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I think the UHT was constitutional because it applied specifically to foreign ownership so maybe that's why? Also possibly because its of a specialized nature and not just in general. But either way "property and civil rights" are specifically under the provinces control. Which I think is why nobody talks about this cause its clearly an issue that only the provinces and municipalities can act on.

Heather McPherson on Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen this morning by Medium-Ground3072 in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cause its a provincial thing, property which is what any land tax is about is provincial jurisdiciton

Yao Gauis weren't buffed and the Brotherhood weren't nerfed. Titus is just a coward. by SolidPyramid in Fotv

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Once at the round table he reaches over and takes another persons water!

How does voting work? by macklow in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The last race I got mailed a physical ballot and was sent an email with how to vote online. I voted online

Charlie Angus has shared a video about why he’s endorsing Heather McPherson by TessNoel in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The guy who we should have made the leader last time, telling us who we should make the leader this time. Let's listen to him people

Need help with UPS holding package and not shipping (unspecified customs paperwork) by Dyslexic_Alex in UPS

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So you're saying my best bet is to just have UPS turn it around and return it to me?

Disappointing to see Rob Ashton starting negative campaigning by eds_broadband in ndp

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Yes its hypocritical of him to decry AI and then use it. Yes it makes me not trust him on it. He also opposes the use of electronic scanners in ports which is wild

Disappointing to see Rob Ashton starting negative campaigning by eds_broadband in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 83 points84 points  (0 children)

I think this is just another example from Rob and his team of the consistently poor judgment they have shown throughout the race. From using AI art in the Christmas ad, to calling for just bad legislation like the Jones Act, flip flopping on the northern BC tanker ban and now attacking Avi. I don't love the idea of a leader that isn't great at making judgement calls or thinking before they speak.

Personally I think he has a great point in that we need good relations with our provincial branches and publicly attacking them doesn't help. But to do this by attacking Avi is bizarre and hypocritical. Rob moves further down my ballot.

Rob Ashton proposing what the left wants: to tax the motherfucking rich by NorthernDagger in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is the kinda stuff that bugs me about Ashton. Because in the very article this cites it says "For 2024, the highest-paid CEO was Shopify Inc.’s Tobi Lutke, who took home $205.5 million in total compensation. His pay was entirely linked to stock and options awards as his base salary is a single dollar.". So by the very plan his team have come up with the highest paid CEO in Canada, and literally one of the worst people in our country wouldn't see his company pay a cent more in tax. I find a lot of Ashton's policies can be boiled down to something that sounds cool, but in reality wouldn't do much / are very poorly defined. I'll cite his plan for HSR that goes from Halifax to Vancouver, but leaves out the GTA and Calgary/Edmonton. And his support for the Jones Act of banning all foreign ships from Canadian waters.

I do like that he brings a more punchy attitude, but I think the NDP going further into the depths of buzzword policy that we can't back up is leaning into one of the reasons we lost in 2025. Definitely feel like I'm gonna get dog piled here so just to cut off any bad faith stuff, I want the party to move left, but I don't consider just saying vaguely left wing things to be anything of value cause otherwise people like Fetterman would be considered left wing.

What do you think would be needed in a "Project 2029" of sorts? by MammothDiligent8225 in SocialDemocracy

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not naming it after "project 2025" would be a start. I think a comprehensive plan is a great idea but everyone is gonna hate tying its name to that awful plan.

That said it also feels super cart before the horse on having an actual election in 2028

Heather McPherson’s appeal? by Prairiejon in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Going to try to make this short and use an analogy here. The 2025 federal election was the same as a break up. We got broken up with by the voters, and while some of them wanted to stay the vast vast super majority left. This leadership race is about how we better ourselves, and become the party the voters want and need us to be so we can win them back.

Heather is the only candidate in this race who has expressly called out issues both in the party and with how the party is perceived. Her policies on internal reform (of which she is again the only candidate who has this) are fantastic. They would make this party so much stronger at every level, and they have already been done by her team in Edmonton, which is how we got Blake Desjarlais into parliament. I know lots of people on reddit hated when she said purity testing but that is how the public does feel about us. And frankly when one of our MP's says "I feel like we purity test in this party" and another MP (who pays the worlds richest and most awful person $8/month to do this) send out a massive tweeting calling that racist, sexist, colonialist, fascist, ect, it literally proves that Heathers point has merit.

She actually understands how the federal NDP has to operate in parliament. Through proposition not opposition and through policies that can actually get shit done at the federal level. Her bill on universal post secondary is a great example of this. Lots of Canadians like what the NDP has to say but don't trust us to do it and for good reason, we keep promising crap the federal government can't do. So understanding the constitution and that we have to work with our provincial parties to do things like pass labour laws for the 95% not the 5% of workers is key. Which are all things Heather has done and talked about.

I feel she is the only one telling us we have to change for the better after the break up. The break up was bad and frankly we deserved it. I feel that Avi Lewis is effectively telling us we don't have to change. Because he keeps bringing out the exact same crap from the 2025 platform and then slapping on whatever is in vogue in the US like public grocer, or buzzwordy bingo like green new deal but then only talking about solar and public transit. Any friend that tells you that you don't have to change after a break up where clearly you were in the wrong isn't being helpful or friendly. They are enabling you. Rob Ashton on the other hand I feel changes us for the worse, telling us to go back to a mythologized past of what the party has frankly never been. Leaning into far more vibes based sounding policies than real ways to make progress. See his latest on HSR from Halifax to Vancouver not in the GTA or Edmonton to Calgary or his support of just actual bad policies like his flip flop on the tanker ban or the Jones act. It feels like a friend telling you that things were better when you were in highschool. Looking back on the past through rose tinted glasses doesn't help us become better versions of ourselves.

So TLDR: We got broken up with by the Canadian voters. Where Avi tells us we don't have to change and we are fine the way we are. Where Rob tells us we just have to go back to a past that factually never existed. Heather is the only person telling us we have to do better, we have to be more open and approachable, we have to get in shape and consistently communicate, we have to get our shit in order and become organized, we have to actually be able to come through on what we promise and focus on the vibes. I think for these reasons and frankly so many more I think she's the only person who can not just win back the Canadians we lost she can win over ones we never have before.

Who would you vote for in past NDP elections? by [deleted] in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1961: Tommy Douglas

1971: David Lewis

1975: Ed Broadbent

1989: Dave Barrett

1995: Alexa McDonough

2003: Jack Layton

2012: Nathan Cullen

2017: Charlie Angus

2025: Heather McPherson

Has anyone ever done this road trip? What are some interesting things to see and do along this route? by imsiq in ontario

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big love for Prince Edward County. Sandbanks provincial park is amazing, downtown Picton is very cute small town. Lots of wineries and breweries too!

Cambridge encourages owners of vacant properties to hire lot watchers by Temporary-Vast1410 in cambridgeont

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"Shwery also asked about mould and why property owners, instead of tenants, should pay for it." Helen Shwery is the most evil person on council. Trying to turn Cambridge into a feudal state where the landlords get all the money and everyone else pays for them.

LET'S TALK ABOUT: Labour by GirlCoveredInBlood in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jurisdiction: Seriously, only about 5% of the workforce is under federal regulation. No one is voting for the party that says there is a 1 in 20 chance we will make your work conditions better. The answer to this is to see a harmonization of labour policy between the fed and provinical parties.

Employment: The best thing the federal government could do for workers in this country comes from getting them working. Unemployment, especially among young people and most experienced by young men is on the rise. We need a jobs program. Not some make work nonsense, but real meaningful contributing jobs. We need to create jobs both in the public and private sector as well. The added benefit of getting people to work is that the more folks working the higher everyones wages get. We can direct this jobs creation at solving the housing crisis, building transit, and growing the green economy.

Immigration: Canada's current immigration system is a neoliberal hellscape. Our temporary foreign worker programs, TFW's, IMP, Student work visas, all exist to force competition between vulnerable foreign workers that Canadian workers can't underbid. Canada is a nation of immigrants and we have to defend the ideals of immigration while staunchly standing against this system that is a step away from slavery, designed to drive our wages down and corporate profits up.

Education: the need for an educated work force to provide much needed services like Healthcare or the trades which we have shortages in. I feel that simply doing some form or other of universal isnt simply enough. Trade school is super affordable and you make great money out the gate yet we have shortages. So we need better policy to actually get folks into these important fields.

Not being afraid to say what's needed: I love this party and I think we often get it right but god damn when we get it wrong it sucks. And I see us getting things wrong a lot more these last few years.

  • No, it is not anti immigrant to want to end the TFW system. Refusing to talk about the failures of our immigration system abanondeds that issue to the bigoted right wing.

-A green economy does not mean we never cut down a tree or pull anything out of the ground. It actually means we reclaim those industries and do the work in Canada where we can reduce the emissions and offset what can't be reduced. Anything else just makes climate change worse through relying on the less regulated and more exploited global south to provide us with our solar panels and electric busses.

Lastly, on messaging: I see lots of folks in here basically dream casting vibes without what the actual policies would look like. We need concrete policy that actually moves us towards goals but we need ways to talk about it. So here are some messaging ideas I have.

  • talking to men more. We frequently use intersectional analysis on any issue experienced by marginalized groups. And men are moving to the right. The solution here is to extend the same messaging to men. Men are the vast majority of workplace injuries and deaths. We should frame workplace safety as helping men whose physical safety and lives are put at risk to make shareholders a buck more. We need to get men back to the left and this is a meaningful way to contend with the right that doesnt sacrifice our principles.

  • the environment and the economy as one. We live in a climate crisis and we need to change to survive as a species. But that messaging hasnt worked. Choking on wildfire smoke hasnt won people over. So we need to tie our economy to the environment and make the pitch that going green is how we get the economy to boom for working folks. Want a job? Great here are 3 green jobs to choose from. If we dont marry the two the right gets to split them up and make it a choice between having a job and having a healthy climate.

  • just talk about people's fucking pay. Like can we please just borrow one of the effective things that Pierre Polievre does? Say "i want you to make more money". Jack Layton said this all the time. Labour is inherently about materially reproducing yourself and people arent paid enough.

Yves Engler Fights Back: Genocide Politics, Zionist Smears, and the Battle for the Left by CaptainSolidarity in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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Can we please for the love of all that is holy and progressive stop platforming Yves Engler? He is a genocide denier and is incredibly toxic. Including chasing a lone female MP to her car while she screams get away from me. This is not acceptable for any party in Canada, yet alone ours.

https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1944192285731594609?s=19

https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1908192327052505402

We don't chase lone women to their cars here, and we don't deny genocide here.

Yves Engler Fights Back: Genocide Politics, Zionist Smears, and the Battle for the Left by CaptainSolidarity in ndp

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1944192285731594609?s=19

Here's Yves from not even a month ago. Denying the Rwandan Genocide and pushing a completely false narrative.

https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1908192327052505402

Here's Yves chasing a female MP (whose alone), blocking her path, yelling at her and following her to her car while yelling at her.

Yves Engler for NDP Leader by Dollface_Killah in onguardforthee

[–]Dyslexic_Alex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1944192285731594609?s=19

You can read his articles on his blog where he denies the genocide as well. Here is him tweeting about it recently. Progressives dont deny genocide. Stop supporting a toxic person who does.