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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Give'em a majority and see what happens

The point of a "big comprehensive vision" is to not have to say that phrase. No "vote and you'll see" but "vote for this to make it happen".

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I feel like they weren't given enough attention by the media which concentrated on Poilievre, Carney and Trump because it brings in clicks and views. Jagmeet should have been more aggressive, though, to get more attention. That didn't help them either.

During the debates, they didn't have a lot of time to express themselves but I felt Jagmeet hit the nail on the head every time he was allowed to speak. They denounced the genocide in Gaza and called for Canada to put pressure to stop it, they brought forward new ideas to tackle the housing crisis, they wanted to tackle the increasing costs of living, improve on universal healthcare, etc. And also during the last government, near the end of the pandemic and the sudden double digit inflation and grocery store record profits, the NDP were the only ones to talk about a windfall tax. They also were the only ones that talked about having a tax for the wealthiest of Canadians.

But either nobody listens, or people forget, or maybe it's this fucking constant bombardment of crazy news that makes people have short attention spans or something. I dunno.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

I feel like they weren't given enough attention by the media which concentrated on Poilievre, Carney and Trump.

I agree with this but IMO NDP bears some responsibility for this. Besides Jagmeet and Charlie there was hardly anyone succeeding in the "attention economy".

NDP out west rarely has the same candidate running 2 elections in a row. NDP needs to find people who are willing to make a 10 year commitment to party participation.

The also need to shake up their events and communication campaigns. Their candidates are barely tangible people with sparse public engagement at best.

I agree that the NDP were the only party calling out the genocide in Palestine; but AFAIK they tabled no legislation to prevent Canadian participation in such things.

I want the NDP to form a government. But I don't think that will ever happen if we don't hold the party to a higher standard.