Probably the only reason he never made it as prime minister was that if he ever achieved the position, he would have conveniently or suddenly died.
I’m a lifelong NDPer and I love Broadbent and he would have made an unbelievable Prime Minister as his vision for the people would have saved so many from poverty or struggle. At the same time, his leadership would have directly threatened and most probably ended the power, control and influence of the wealthiest most powerful people and corporations that are driving our country right now.
Broadbent was the last true left-wing leader of the NDP. Too bad so many decided decades ago that NDP would never be federally elected because supposedly they are “fiscally irresponsible”.
We are a nation of losers who have been scammed by PCs and Liberals to think that no one but them can rule properly.
This might have actually been true at the time. Not sure if it’s still true today. Someone with plausible labor credentials replacing Jagmeet might be what’s needed.
Probably the only reason he never made it as prime minister was that if he ever achieved the position, he would have conveniently or suddenly died.
I’m a lifelong NDPer and I love Broadbent and he would have made an unbelievable Prime Minister as his vision for the people would have saved so many from poverty or struggle. At the same time, his leadership would have directly threatened and most probably ended the power, control and influence of the wealthiest most powerful people and corporations that are driving our country right now.
Broadbent was the last true left-wing leader of the NDP. Too bad so many decided decades ago that NDP would never be federally elected because supposedly they are “fiscally irresponsible”.
We are a nation of losers who have been scammed by PCs and Liberals to think that no one but them can rule properly.
This might have actually been true at the time. Not sure if it’s still true today. Someone with plausible labor credentials replacing Jagmeet might be what’s needed.
Jack Layton moved the NDP to centre-left, to be more palatable to centrist voters.
Singh hasn’t done anything to change that, as the old-guard running the party isn’t interested in moving back to the left.
NDP is IMHO basically social liberal at this point, and I can’t in good faith call anything liberalism a left-wing ideology.