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Mendalla

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So apparently voting is getting underway to choose a new leader for the NDP. It's a bit of a thankless job at this point after the meltdown a year ago that left them with 7 (now 6 due to a floor crossing) in their caucus. Still they've got five candidates. Does it matter? Maybe. They could make a comeback, esp. since the left wing of the Liberals can't be too happy with Carney's centre to centre-right positioning of the party. It's not a job I would want right now, though. Elizabeth May is almost better off leading the Greens because they are actually more or less stable, vs. the NDP who are now into rebuilding and repositioning mode.


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Lots of questions coming out of this one.

Does who leads the NDP matter when the party itself is kind of on the margins right now?

Can this party be revived? What can they do to revive themselves? Different leadership candidates seem to have different ideas on that.

And, of course, whither the NDP? Are they done as a force in Canadian politics or can they recover their traditional third party spot eventually?
 
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Final Results (as announced today at the Winnipeg convention):
  • Avi Lewis: 39,734 votes (56.0%)
  • Heather McPherson: 20,899 votes (29.5%)
  • Tanille Johnston: 5,159 votes (7.3%)
  • Rob Ashton: 4,193 votes (5.9%)
  • Tony McQuail: 945 votes (1.3%)
Total votes cast: ~70,934 (out of roughly 100,000 eligible members, for a turnout around 71%).

In his victory speech, Lewis declared that “the NDP comeback starts now,”
 
Something good today! I liked him as a prospect but I didn’t want to say anything and be disappointed. …Sigh. Only 3 more years until the next federal election, after Carney does quiet damage to progress. (I know someone needed to deal with Trump but he’s a stopgap and I happen to think he’s a quiet fascist himself and I hope his anti-environment and austerity and capitalist crony favouring, and my biggest issue with him and the liberals - MAiD policy expansion - are things we can come back from. He’s not progressive he’s just holding off Trump and I don’t even know how well he’s doing at that. We’re regressing too.)

Cheers to Avi Lewis! aka Naomi Klein’s husband. Here’s hoping it’ll get better.
 
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For my part, I am not celebrating yet. I want to see what he actually does before I start trumpeting my return to the fold. He has interesting ideas that could form an NDP platform in 2029 but right now, he needs to get a riding. The NDP needs a leader in the House and well before 2029. It's too late for him to get in on any of the current by-elections (April 13) so somebody might have to step aside. He has run twice already without success (last two general elections), though being a leader sometimes gives one a boost if you pick the right riding.
 
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For my part, I am not celebrating yet. I want to see what he actually does before I start trumpeting my return to the fold. He has interesting ideas that could form an NDP platform in 2029 but right now, he needs to get a riding. The NDP needs a leader in the House and well before 2029. It's too late for him to get in on any of the current by-elections (April 13) so somebody might have to step aside. He has run twice already without success (last two general elections), though being a leader sometimes gives one a boost if you pick the right riding.
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Same here. I just need something to be a bit happy about today.

He’s got a very smart spouse. That’s a plus.
 
Meh. The NDP was due for a leftward swing after a run of centre-left leaders. Avi appears to be it. Should be interesting to see if his approach gets them any traction.

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He’s got a very smart spouse.
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Yeah, I hadn't realized until I read profiles of the candidates on the weekend that he was married to Naomi Klein. Quite the artistic family. His sister Jenny, who one of my cousins knew at one time, is an award winning casting director who, with her business partner, has worked on shows like The Boys and What We Do In The Shadows.
 
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Meh. The NDP was due for a leftward swing after a run of centre-left leaders. Avi appears to be it. Should be interesting to see if his approach gets them any traction.
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I suspect it will lose traction in the current reality. Certainly AB and SK provincial parties are not happy (though I found the latest plan from Nenshi here in AB to be sorely lacking on the environmental front).
 
OTOH, BC and Ontario NDP, esp. older ones who were around for earlier Lewises, might be down for his approach. Not sure about Quebec. Might get some interest there. One of the NDP's problems has been differentiating themselves from the left wing of the Liberals. Now that the Liberals are swinging centre-right, maybe they could have got away with staying centre-left but Lewis is definitely not going to be mistaken for even a Trudeau Liberal.
 
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You want it fair? Go NDP
 
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