The NDP has no "platform". They deleted their policy book overnight last week and replaced it with something else. As they may do tomorrow. Without talking to their members. Their current "platform" appears to be to replicate what Layton did in 2011 - demolish the Liberals, regardless if it helps the Conservatives. Unfortunately, Québecers don't vote in Ontario. So that won't happen.
This is a refreshingly frank & open exposure of the NDP's tactics over the past several years.
When I hear the NDP boasting about their 'Orange Wave' in 2011 (particularly Brad Lavigne when he tries to hock his book), they frequently forget to mention that their objective was not to beat the Conservatives, but to beat the Liberals. All they did was give Harper a Majority - something he had never been able to get until the 'Orange Wave'!
Utter distortion and nonsense, Debator, thanks to my not being perfectly clear.
Jack Layton [b]did not target the Liberals[/b]. He targeted Harper and his destructive policies - being prepared even to enter a coalition with the Liberals to accomplish that aim.
Jack Layton did not "demolish the Liberals, even if it helps the Conservatives". That's what I attribute to Horwath. Jack Layton demolished the Bloc Québécois, thus displacing the Liberals as official opposition. Horwath's current effort is a farcical caricature of Layton's brilliant campaign, with entirely different means and ends.
Sorry for allowing you to create confusion about my post.