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Hyer wants back in caucus

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Stockholm
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May 9, 2012 - 10:21pm
#91

Scribe wrote:

It is a mistake to assume the urban/rural divide exists between regions or ridings - there is a population centre of city size (10 000) in pretty well every part of Canada barring the Far North, to my knowledge.  The divide exists within ridings - the NDP still does better in cities within Northern and rural ridings than it does in the outlying communities found there in, only the divide is less noticeable there because of the proximity of the bush and wilderness and the blending of urban/rural lifestyles.  IMO Hyer quit caucus not because of decision to exclude him from the shadow cabinet, but because his pick for leader (Cullen) did not make the top spot - does anyone think he would have left NDP caucus had Cullen won?  That's just me though - as far as I can tell his main gripes are with the leaders since Layton, ie Turmel and Mulcair. 

Except that Hyer announced that while Cullen was his first choice, he said at the same time that Mulcair was his second choice and Dewar his third choice and that he would be happy if either Cullen, Mulcair or Dewar became leader...so go figure!


David Young
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May 10, 2012 - 11:38am
#92

Scribe wrote:

It is a mistake to assume the urban/rural divide exists between regions or ridings - there is a population centre of city size (10 000) in pretty well every part of Canada barring the Far North, to my knowledge.  The divide exists within ridings

Exactly the situation here in South Shore-St. Margaret's, Scribe!

Almost all of the support that Gordon Earle received in the 2011 election came from south of Highway 103, which runs the length of this constituency from Halifax to Yarmouth.  Gerald Keddy won almost all of the polls north of Highway 103, the 'rural' part of this riding, which heavily favoured the removal of the Gun Registry.  The coastal communities depend on fishing, manufacturing, and tourism, so the Registry wasn't a big factor in those polls.  And the Conservatives knew this, and strategically targeted the residents north of the 103 with anti-Gun Registry propaganda, and swung a lot of Liberal voters their way.  Otherwise, the NDP would've had a much greater chance at winning this riding.

We can expect the Conservatives to repeat this tactic in ridings like here.

I hope Hyer does come back into the NDP fold.

 


Very Far Away
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May 10, 2012 - 11:40pm
#93

Bruce Hyer: Why I quit the NDP

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/bruce-hyer/bruce-hyer-ndp_b_1504016.html?re...


kropotkin1951
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May 11, 2012 - 1:53pm
#94

I agree with all four of his points.


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