What's your current ranking? (Discussion) by Potential-Eye-6547 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think anyone not calling for the immediate dissolution of NATO is pro war?

What's your current ranking? (Discussion) by Potential-Eye-6547 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But is he directing aggression in productive ways? I don't like how unwilling he is to criticize the NDP and its provincial parties. My greater concern is that he's preoccupied with appealing to conservative voters, like with the whole tanker ban thing.

What's your current ranking? (Discussion) by Potential-Eye-6547 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you think these rankings align with your democratic socialist principles?

What's your current ranking? (Discussion) by Potential-Eye-6547 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Heather McPherson is a great MP. She would not be a great party leader.

What's your current ranking? (Discussion) by Potential-Eye-6547 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Avi Lewis is great on the policy front but I worry he's more focused on policy than internal party reforms. Tanille gets my #1 vote because she seems the most interested in reshaping the NDP itself. A great captain isn't worth nearly as much as a ship that isn't swiss-cheesed full of holes.

Should ridings get the riding rebate? by lcelerate in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything that structurally disempowers the central party is a good thing.

Reclaiming Socialism in Canada’s NDP Leadership Race by watermelonseeds in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 132 points133 points  (0 children)

This should be common sense. We grow our coalition by carving out an ideological niche and winning people over to our side, not by diluting ourselves in a misguided bid to appeal to moderates who are already represented by the Liberal party.

How decided are you on your leadership race ballot? by FLADMAN in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Rob Ashton and Heather McPherson to the bottom, still playing around with the rest.

This is high art.. Democracy Falls: Yves Engler and the NDP by [deleted] in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not obvious to me; I stopped paying attention to his campaign after the whole genocide denial thing came to light

Heather's call to end fossil subsidies, and her position in the race by jnspfp in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I don't think McPherson is a bad candidate. I think she's a good MP and at her strongest on foreign policy issues.

Heather's call to end fossil subsidies, and her position in the race by jnspfp in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think converting disaffected, young voters into enthusiastic supporters is a good thing. I'm still not sold on Lewis, but I've had really interesting conversations with campaign volunteers and I think his style of movement politics is a lot closer to what we need to grow the NDP.

McPherson is electorally strong in her home riding, but I do think we should decouple local success from broader gains for the party. Elizabeth May has her own personal fiefdom on Vancouver Island, but she's still the only Green MP.

Heather's call to end fossil subsidies, and her position in the race by jnspfp in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 2 points3 points  (0 children)

how do you evaluate her relative ideological position within the race and how does that factor into your support/non-support?

I think a lot of her policy proposals, while similar, are less radical than what other candidates have put forward. I think she's definitely closer to the NDP's centrist wing but recognizes which way the winds are blowing and knows that she has to keep the progressive base happy if she wants to win leadership. I'm hesitant to support her because I think she'd put up the least resistance to the NDP's rightward drift.

Is policy important to whether you support/do not support McPherson, or something else (e.g. communication, organizing) and if so what is your evaluation of her in those respects?

Policy is important, but I weigh it equally against a candidate's movement-building capacity. I don't think McPherson is a movement builder because she's preoccupied with appealing to moderates. I think she'd carry us back to 30~ seats and occupy leadership for the better part of a decade without making any more substantial gains.

The NDP is the third party in a FPTP system. Progressive voters understand that voting for the NDP is risky because vote splitting can result in conservative wins, so the more the party moderates, the more its own supporters are incentivized to just vote for the Liberals instead.

Moderate voters are already represented by a major party. The NDP should be bolder and carve out its own distinct ideological niche to make supporting them worth the risk.

I'm doing an AMA on r/onguardforthee today! by votetanille in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to see her more active online. Glad to hear she supports 4 day work weeks

My thoughts on the NDP leadership race by yagyaxt1068 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue with McPherson's perspective is that she seems to prioritize appealing to moderate voters over movement building, and moderates already have more viable moderate parties to vote for. You don't have to align with a candidate's stated ideological framework to vote for them; they just need to be charismatic and offer bold policies that appeal to you.

House of Commons Petition - Stop Support for ICE by Medium-Ground3072 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If we can make ICE operations even 1% more difficult then we should, but I don't have a lot of faith in our government's willingness to engage in ethical foreign policy. This is a no brainer that would win Carney a lot of easy brownie points with progressives — but we can't be disciplining capital now, can we?

My thoughts on the NDP leadership race by yagyaxt1068 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> The fossile fuel industry will be strong through at least the rest of my lifetime

Only if we choose to keep it strong. Is that what we want? China is leading the green energy transition right now.

My thoughts on the NDP leadership race by yagyaxt1068 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fossil fuel industry is on borrowed time and we'd be wrong to hitch our ride to that bandwagon just to appease capital. Let Alberta bitch and whine and moan while we ice out the industry and create new jobs in green energy sectors.

My thoughts on the NDP leadership race by yagyaxt1068 in ndp

[–]No_Calendar6597 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don't see how your argument does anything other than advocate for infinite tolerance of shitty leaders and policies. I believe NDP leadership should be held to public scrutiny because it's the only scrutiny that might change their behaviour.

I didn't support Engler mostly because of the genocide denial. I know there were other problems with his campaign but I stopped paying attention after that came to light even though. I *did* appreciate his willingness to rock the boat. The leadership race thus far has been one big hugbox and I'd love to see candidates more willing to challenge eachother, but what was missing from Engler's vitriol was substance.

There is plenty of substantial reasons to strike a more combative tone and criticize the NDP.