lol

I'd usually stick a quote from the article in the body, but really, there's nothing to say.

NICE! Nearly a slam dunk for a majority now

The prime minister now needs two more Liberal MPs to reach 172 seats, which would give him a thin majority in the House of Commons.

There are three upcoming byelections that could get Carney to that spot — depending on what voters decide.

This would have been my pick of the lot.

As disappointed as I am to see what little remains of the NDP further erode towards a 2 party system, I completely understand why she would switch.

Rebuilding the NDP starts with setting direction via the leadership election. I think both frontrunners offer visions that would prove popular with a significant portion of Canadians. For now it's Carney's vision that dominates the conversation and it's proving popular in the absence of a better one, while keeping whatever the fuck PP's selling on the shelf.

*Supports Avi Lewis*

*Joins Liberals*

At least with the Conservative floor crossers, you can see how they would get the idea of Carney maybe helping advance their ultimate goals. But this does not make sense to me. The way Carney is governing is pretty much at odds with Avi Lewis-type policy.

Meh, disappointing.

Given the history of people who cross getting relected I wouldn't be surprised if some of those Conservatives show up on the board of companies associated to Carney.

For Idlout her unique geographic(Nunavut) position and with the current Artic/Military spending she could see some seat winning funds going to her riding.

And this is also proves my response a few days ago regarding the NDP.

Holy cow the debate was brutal. Its like 5 of the worst candidates they could find. I was actually excited when Jagmeet stepped down, now I feel like nobody with a brain wants to join them.

Being the one crucial vote is a hell of a lot of leverage.

You can't apply it all the time but still, that's a hell of a lot of power. And if anyone has the mandate to push a handful of things farther to the left, it'd the NDP convert.

(I'm assuming the two basically safe Liberal seats fall Liberal and PQ wins Terebonne (sp?))

the erosion of the NDP like this

The erosion was the vote collapse, not this.

In the federal Democratic Party down in the US you have a progressive wing of the democrats. How much have they been able to accomplish within the party?

Out of power? Fuck all. You might as well as what the harder right part of Poilievre's flank has accomplished.

Before that? Basically universal healthcare.

You can move the Liberals left by opposing them

And risk everything against an ascendant populist right? This feels close to "I'm fine no matter how the election goes, fuck the vulnerable and others who have to deal with the generational consequences, we need to say and a message!"

Sorry, this reads more like ai campaign slop than a response.

It's also, at earliest in a Canadian time zone AFAIK, 1am when you wrote all that.

Goodnight.

Edit: To those annoyed. Look, the beginning was silly (what creates a middle ground? Two different positions, one being the progressive wing's!) And then was a long ramble about how the NDP would be good for the vulnerable which is to completely miss the point and reads like they just copied and pasted something.

I'm protective of my time and I imagine others are too.

The French debate was even worse, apparently

Being the one crucial vote is a hell of a lot of leverage.

Yeah, by being the tiebreakers the NDP was in a position of power. But not anymore, with this floor crossing. So I don’t understand this. The NDP could have still helped Carney out where they felt it appropriate

Why do say that? Did they Jennica Atwin her?

Just depends on the outcome of the byelections

What sort of candidate were you hoping for?

The person you're discussing this with is clearly more knowledgeable than you are. So you resort to "they must be a bot." Good grief. Blocked

If I voted for such a floor-crosser, I'd feel so betrayed

Agree, but I want to note that PQ is a provincial party, I think you're thinking of BQ.

Two of those seats were liberal, and the liberals are now polling ahead of where they were in election season. So a majority is functionally guaranteed.

I understand the feeling. It's a feature of our system, so it's legit, but I'd still be grumpy.

I'm broadly of the view that MPs really should seek to represent their electorate first, so, if she believes this is the best way to represent her electorate and that's her motivation, fine. But, it's not great for the health of Canadian democracy overall to move closer to a two-party system.

I would really like to see the NDP have a federal resurgence. It's going to have to come through new messaging that can cut through and connect with voters. It will be tough to make that happen while fear of the US is the main emotional driver pushing non-Maple-MAGA Canadians to huddle together under the banner of the Liberals. That could well take years, but on the other side of it there will be opportunity if the groundwork is done right while the party is on the outside.

A lot of Canadians are feeling cost of living woes. I think that's how the Conservatives did so well last election. It's mind boggling that the NDP hasn't been able to represent that to the electorate and purpose solutions that catch voters attention - but I guess that tells us something about the NDP.

Legal, yes. Ethical?

if she believes this is the best way to represent her electorate and that’s her motivation, fine

I'd have liked to see a town hall meeting or other community consultation at the very least. Absent that, I can't help but think it's motivated by self-interest

I agree. The NDP has been missing the mark on that. Not to say it hasn't been part of the messaging from their MPs, but it really hasn't been something cohesive and credible. Once the party has a new leader, they've really got to get their strategy pinned down for how to reconnect with the people and they've gotta go after it with a cohesive voice so they're a party voters will trust and want to vote for when the time comes.

This is bullshit. If an MP wants to switch parties, they should hold a by-election.

What pork is Carney giving her? Senate appointment?

With Carney pulling the Liberal party further right and PP steering the Conservative party off a cliff it makes sence for some conservatives to cross. But with no Liberas moving to NDP, Green, or Bloc and now an NDP leaving it feels shity. I heard the she did it to get more support for indigenous issues but what guarantees would this afford her?

You are 100% correct!

Voters would not forgive a party, especially on the Left flank for putting us in an election right now, especially when the Conservatives look strong.

But a member of the Liberal party...

You just went off on "nuh uh, here's why the NDP is good for vulnerable people" which is to miss the entire point.

It's like when Bondi asked why we aren't talking about the DOW in the Epstein hearing.

It's more they went on a semi random tangent about the NDP for the vulnerable, which is not the point.

It's like Pam Bondi being surprised people laughed when she brought up the DOW in the Epstein committee.

Why? Parties aren't part of our system.

They won to be an MP, being in a club doesn't change that.

I think we honestly need to push for a more representative voting method, so the people are better represented. I'm not sure how we get there, but I think it's better for the majority than collapsing into two parties, which FPTP tends to do.

A pro labor type with a brain, who doesn't resort to low brow talking points like government run grocery stores and greedflation. I liked Mulcair a lot, though mainly after he left politics, back when elbowgate was the dumbest things the NDP said.

Her 38,000 people are served by doing what they voted for. They clearly wanted a balance of power for the liberals otherwise they would have voted liberal.

In both cases she's supporting the person with the most power

Two are needed, two are safe seats, the Liberals have a double digit poll lead.

Clearly, Carney is basically the NDP.

Okay, I'm joking. But IIRC that was the Lemmy reaction with the Conservative floor crossers. (The reaction to this one seems like barely contained salt)

What was it about Mulcair that you like? He always seemed very Liberal to me and never proposed policy that seemed very pro labour (e.g. balance the budget in one year). I can tell you aren't a fan of Avi Lewis, but all the candidates are more pro labour than Mulcair and IMO have proposed better policy than him.

I try not to think of guarantees in politics, especially these days, but yes there’s a high likelihood of a majority.

Apparently most voters didn't vote for the sake of the person. Half of the voters don't even know the name of the local candidate: https://narrativeresearch.ca/only-half-of-canadians-know-the-names-of-the-candidates-in-their-riding-and-voting-is-generally-based-on-loyalty-to-a-party-or-topical-policies-and-issues/