Comments on: Some Advice http://www.christindal.ca/2006/12/03/some-advice/ Shooting my mouth off since 2006 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Tindal » An Ally In Nathan http://www.christindal.ca/2006/12/03/some-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Chris Tindal » An Ally In Nathan Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:23:43 +0000 http://www.christindal.dreamhosters.com/?p=107#comment-192 [...] I’ve been pretty critical of the NDP recently. Believe it or not, my motivations are good. I really believe the NDP has a positive role to play in Canadian politics, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why they haven’t been playing it for the past year or so. [...] [...] I’ve been pretty critical of the NDP recently. Believe it or not, my motivations are good. I really believe the NDP has a positive role to play in Canadian politics, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why they haven’t been playing it for the past year or so. [...]

]]> By: Matt Ross http://www.christindal.ca/2006/12/03/some-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Matt Ross Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.christindal.dreamhosters.com/?p=107#comment-191 I sense a great deal of anger in the NDP lately. My personal theory is that it is the push against irrelevance. I think they are trying to figure out a way in which they can exist in the current political reality.<BR/><BR/>Part of it is due to their success. In the previous minority government they exerted some influence and made some steps forward on progressive social issues. But now what?<BR/><BR/>On the environment, the Greens are speaking with more credibility. The Liberals and Greens are echoing many of their social platforms and the ones not being endorsed by those two parties are generally seen as proposals without a strategy (the traditional NDP solution of throwing money at it).<BR/><BR/>Sadly, I think they have decided that angry negative tactics are the only option they have left to star relevant. I sense a great deal of anger in the NDP lately. My personal theory is that it is the push against irrelevance. I think they are trying to figure out a way in which they can exist in the current political reality.

Part of it is due to their success. In the previous minority government they exerted some influence and made some steps forward on progressive social issues. But now what?

On the environment, the Greens are speaking with more credibility. The Liberals and Greens are echoing many of their social platforms and the ones not being endorsed by those two parties are generally seen as proposals without a strategy (the traditional NDP solution of throwing money at it).

Sadly, I think they have decided that angry negative tactics are the only option they have left to star relevant.

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