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It's funny seeing the various negative posts/stories in the news about him. Like I'm still scratching my head wondering whether this editorial I saw claiming to be from a liberal, going on about why it was a bad move to go with Avi, because policies like "sanction Israel for conducting an ongoing genocide" won't play to the masses.
Like, do the libs really think Canadians are as blindly pro-Israel as America, just because Israel gives a ton of money to American politicians, and is friends with Donald Trump? They think siding with a genocidal regime that's bombing school children, threatening to blow up things like water desalination plants, enabling 'legal' death sentences for just a persecuted minority, and so on.... is going to get them votes? They don't think having a leader with a sense of morality will win over a chunk of Canadians? I.... I mean maybe they're right, but I sure as hell hope not.
Honestly, we need a new option, other than the obviously corrupt and captured PP/conservative northern trump party, and "the other guys". Especially when, so far, most of what the other guys have done seems to be to enrich their friends, cut services, enact bills and policies that go along with the American authoritarian agenda, and deliver very little to regular every day Canadians. As an undecided voter who's voted the whole range of the political spectrum (excluding the most extreme sides, like the people's party hah), I'm glad to see him in the race and look forward to what they might bring to the next election.
Best of luck to the NDP and Avi.
There's a concerted campaign against him from the far right. Pick any video on YouTube about Avi Lewis and look at the comments. They're consistently pushing the same points, and ramped up the attacks the day he got elected. They misrepresent his views consistently in the same ways, no matter what he says. I highly doubt it's an organic response by an average selection of Canadians. It smells like a far right onslaught designed to sow doubt about someone they feel the need to shut down, and in a way that's a promising sign.