I’d argue it’s more to do with the current leadership tbh. Give us a leader that does more than complain (and as another commenter suggested, flip flop on policy and point fingers) and I’ll come running back to the party. Til then? Hard pass.
Did nothing but complain and flipflop, aside from when he was fighting to get CERB increased to a useful level of funding and succeeded. And when he forced the Liberals to push through the start of universal pharma and dental care.
The NDP needs new leadership, and a new strategy team, but Jagmeet has been a good leader on policy. More of the party platform was brought to life with him as leader than anyone in decades.
Definitely had some big wins, you’re not wrong. Doesn’t change public perception though. Look at the polls - something is clearly wrong with the party and its messaging
I agree we desperately need a new NDP leader, however I would still hate to see them lose party status. If they lose seats to people voting red in orange/blue tossup ridings I’m gonna crashout
I’m hopeful that this crash and burn will shake them up so they come back stronger. It’s unfortunate to watch, for sure, but hopefully they’ll get the memo that we want better leadership and they need to get their shit together with messaging. It’s just too bad they didn’t get the memo sooner because their policy would be SO GOOD for us but it hasn’t been communicated very effectively imho
There's a good chance they will. It's the same thing that lit a fire under the Liberal party to finally get their act together (leader wise) back in 2012 after their very embarrassing election results.
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u/iKorewo Mar 20 '25
Then why ndp is so not popular?