Of course this author is correct, and there is no better time for the NDP to make political inroads.
NDP makes gains with its ideas
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/588942
Vindicated. That is how many New Democrats must feel these days. While the party's poll numbers are stagnant - hovering in the mid-to-high teens - many of the party's ideas have gained new popularity.
With the collapse of the financial sector on Wall Street, social democratic ideas emphasizing government's role in helping the poor and the middle class and curbing corporate abuse have regained popularity.
During the 1990s, when deficit slashing and tax cutting were the dominant goals among policy-makers, the New Democrats were accused of being mired in the 1970s.
In 2009, it is conservatives who seem out of touch with the times.