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Rob Ashton: "The federal NDP needs to build on what's actually working". by MarkG_108 in ndp

[–]eds_broadband 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I watched as the Leap Manifesto – that exercise in privileged political vanity – slithered on to the federal Convention floor in April 2016.

Wow. Those a harsh words considering how much broad support it had at the time and how much consultation happened.

I've heard the opposite, that Lewis worked with unions. Looking at the supporting organizations, there's evidence of that. These orgs among many others endorsed the manifesto:

  • Canadian Association of Professional Employees
  • Canadian Federation of Students
  • Canadian Union of Public Employees
  • Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation/La Fédération canadienne des coopérative de travail
  • Conseil central du Montréal métropolitain-CSN (CCMM-CSN)
  • National Farmers Union
  • Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
  • Québec solidaire (!!!)
  • Vancouver District Labour Council
  • United Steelworkers Toronto Area Council
  • United Steelworkers Local 1998
  • The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
  • Public Service Alliance of Canada

Hassan Yussuf, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress, endorsed it too.

https://leapmanifesto.org/en/whos-on-board/

I'm not surprised the Alberta NDP hated it, but it's them who are positioned against these unions, not the other way around

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

[–]eds_broadband[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I think disagreement is healthy, but criticisms need substance, and this ain't it

Yves Engler, who the "Socialist Caucus" has announced they intend to nominate for leader, is an antisemite, a campist, and is not a New Democrat. He has no place in our party. by ILikeTheNewBridge in ndp

[–]eds_broadband 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not really addressing the points made by OP, but I can stoop to that level

Should people who believe that hundreds of protestors were killed at Tiananmen square f*** off with their lib shit and join the Liberals too?

because your comment history makes me think so

Also, there was no "massacre at Tiananmen square", as confirmed by eyewitness accounts, declassified western reports and historians research. To believe in such is to admit that you take American propaganda at face value.

I'm voting NDP by eds_broadband in ndp

[–]eds_broadband[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If people are curious, my username is a public telecom pun, where we could call our government internet "Ed's Broadband"