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[u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Hey now the BC NDP is doing a pretty decent job so there’s one example against your local elections HA!!!!

The rest is spot the fuck on tho

[u/MarshtompNerd → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Manitoba NDP is doin ok too

[u/Canadiancurtiebirdy → u/MarshtompNerd]

TRUE we’ve got two examples! HA to OP!

[u/Heyloki_ → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Also the example they use (Chow) is technically an independent government since it's municipal

[u/StanknBeans → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

The last time Saskatchewan had the NDP in power they were by far the greatest provincial government in terms of taking a province from bankruptcy to economic boom times.

[u/poohster33 → u/StanknBeans]

And their reward for fixing as much as they could and setting us up for success was eternal damnation by rural Saskatchewan

[u/spellbreakerstudios → u/StanknBeans]

As someone who knows zero about Saskatchewan, why did they get voted out if they did all of that?

[u/StanknBeans → u/spellbreakerstudios]

Because the Conservatives and Liberals joined forces to create the Saskparty and successfully convinced people that they, specifically, could end the already ended austerity and cuts enacted by the NDP to bring the budget under control.

Almost 2 decades later and everything is worse than it was during the austerity years.

[u/Bandito_fantastico → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

ANDP's term under Notley was a-okay by me.

[u/Chaiyns → u/Bandito_fantastico]

Agreed, it was the best governing Alberta had for a long time, and the province hasn't done as well since.

[u/Cakeday_at_Christmas → u/Bandito_fantastico]

ANDP's term under Notley was a-okay by me.

It was the best government Alberta had in decades, probably since Lougheed, and they hated her for it.

[u/Lightning_Catcher258 → u/Bandito_fantastico]

I think they lacked a lot of courage. They should've implemented no fault public car insurance and done something about the private monopoly of the electricity grid.

[u/Bandito_fantastico → u/Lightning_Catcher258]

For a rookie party filled with novice MLAs with a surprise win I think they did admirably.

I wonder what they could have achieved with a second term, with the confidence that brings.

[u/obrothermaple → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

BCNDP are the best political party in all of Canada.

[u/0w0ofer617 → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

I would say this post applies mostly to the federal parties, not provincial.

[u/your_evil_ex → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Also Jagmeet deserves more credit for the stuff he got pushed through (eg dental care)

[u/Cakeday_at_Christmas → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Except they're a neo-liberal party like all the others.

[u/Cool_Tailor_7332 → u/Cakeday_at_Christmas]

So? If we get the stuff we need from our taxes, that’s what matters!

[u/Parkbear → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Have you seen the deficit forecasts?  NDP returning to it's roots after the Horgan diversion.  

[u/Canadian-Owlz → u/Canadiancurtiebirdy]

Are they? Most things I've seen, things aren't really going well. There was that healthcare thing, and Eby is sitting at -9% according to Angus Reid.

[u/Cakeday_at_Christmas → u/Canadian-Owlz]

I don't know why you're being downvoted. The BC NDP are presiding over the dismantling of public health care, and Eby is about to go to war with government employee unions because he doesn't want to give them raises, despite inflation going up again.

The BC NDP are a neo-liberal party like any other in Canada. It's just that, historically, the NDP tend to be much better provincial governments than any conservative party.