Despite growing popular dissatisfaction with neoliberalism, the NDP stays timid about its professed social democratic ideals. Rather than speak in the language of class war, the NDP spends its time trying to reassure people who’ll never vote NDP anyway. Right-wing parties aren’t ashamed of their ideals and they aren’t afraid to push for new victories. “Left”-wing parties, however, forever stay on the defensive (“unlike our opponents, we won’t cut x and y!”). Almost never do they push for new victories. “Left”-wing parties just “fight” to keep what little is left of the welfare state or, worse, they “fight” to just slow down its neoliberal transformation. The NDP is useless.
And despite the NDP’s almost total lack of conviction, its almost total lack of ambition, the news media will spinelessly let Stephen Harper get away with comparing the NDP to Syriza. Oh, and here are the brave folks at CBC (see also Chantal Hébert) dedicating a whole segment to today’s most pressing story: Harper has been referring to Justin Trudeau by just his first name! Justin! What does this mean for the future of our nation?!
À l'ombre des majorités silencieuses 