http://m.thestar.com/#!/news/andrea-horwath-is-kathleen-wynnes-secret-po...
Cohn makes a good point that alot of Wynn's policy is coming from the NDP, alot including most of the most popular policies.
So while the NDP has faced some set backs this year, in NS and BC, there are still some really good prospects in Ontario and Federally, to the point where the NDP is influencing the policy agenda of both Premier Wynn and PM Harper.
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I guess we all have our talents.
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http://m.thestar.com/#!/news/andrea-horwath-is-kathleen-wynnes-secret-po...
Cohn makes a good point that alot of Wynn's policy is coming from the NDP, alot including most of the most popular policies.
So while the NDP has faced some set backs this year, in NS and BC, there are still some really good prospects in Ontario and Federally, to the point where the NDP is influencing the policy agenda of both Premier Wynn and PM Harper.
I hope it improves the party's prospects, but should New Democrats not worry that the Liberals, true to form, will eat our lunch and leave us with fewer seats after the next election? We need to come up with some good ideas that the Liberals won't want to touch.
For example, Wynne is now talking about an Ontario pension plan. Why don't we take it several steps further and argue for a portable pension plan that will give part-time workers an opportunity to build some kind of pewnsion for themselves?
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Since we don't have an American-style electoral system where they elect their chief executive separately, I'd be careful about linking Andrea's personal popularity to the potential fortunes of the party. We've had the most popular leader many times before, and it didn't mean a thing on election day - that's old news. While it's nice to have the most popular leader, to be successful, we need some new ideas that separate the NDP from the rest. Still looking...and hoping.
Since we don't have an American-style electoral system where they elect their chief executive separately, I'd be careful about linking Andrea's personal popularity to the potential fortunes of the party. We've had the most popular leader many times before, and it didn't mean a thing on election day - that's old news. While it's nice to have the most popular leader, to be successful, we need some new ideas that separate the NDP from the rest. Still looking...and hoping.
Actually the last time the Ontario NDP had the most popular leader was in the lead period leading up to the 1990 Ontario election. That campaign began with the Liberals way ahead but with Liberal voters overwhelmingly having the NDP as their second choice and with people increasingly disgruntled with Peterson...it didn't take much for soft Liberals to think they could have the best of both worlds and go back to the fresh era of the Peterson-Rae accord in 1985 and get a new cast of characters in power under a leader (Rae) who people liked much better than Peterson.
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While it's nice to have the most popular leader, to be successful, we need some new ideas that separate the NDP from the rest. Still looking...and hoping.
I am in agreement with you. The problem I have in trying to support the Ontario NDP actively is that I don't know what the general theme of Andrea Horwath's message is. I do know she supports lower auto insurance premiums and that she supports some accountability office (whatever that means). My worry is that when Kathleen Wynne calls an election next spring (I'm betting on it), Ms. Wynne and the Liberals will have an overall theme. So, too, will the Conservatives. The Ontario NDP? I don't know. I can always suggest to my downtown Toronto friends who do not drive that they will get lower auto insurance rates if they support the NDP.
It is 95% likely that I won't be voting in the next provincial election. None of the major parties is actively campaigning for proportional representation. The leader of the Ontario Green Party supports the Rabit non-proportional voting system for the city of Toronto municipal elections. That has just disqualified my support for the Ontario Green Party. Tim Hudak and the Cons? Yeah, get real! Kathleen Wynne and her Liberals took away my collective bargaining rights as a teacher. Andrea Horwath went silent immediately after Bill 115 was passed. Also her support for the Liberal budgets mean that she has enabled the Liberals and Conservatives to attack teachers and construction workers' labour rights. My trust in her is not there.
Andrea's doing the best she can with the cards she's been dealt cut her some slack.
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I gather Andrea did not advise the Premier on her signage!
Ontario premier corrects spelling mistake on sign with pen
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/ontario-premier-corrects-spell...
The way our electoral system works a "non-vote" usually gives the advantage to the incumbent party. So in the Ontario context, staying at home most likely becomes a vote for the Liberals, even if it is unintentional. Bummer, but that's our voting system for you.
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Jan, didn't the P.C.'s pick up the Etobicoke seat in the by-election?
Jan, didn't the P.C.'s pick up the Etobicoke seat in the by-election?
Yes, but they lost Kitchener-Waterloo to the NDP so they net out at ZERO
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