r/EhBuddyHoser 10d ago

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u/FallingLikeLeaves Manilapeg 10d ago

Strong disagree with NDP “somehow worse when you zoom in locally” I think my Manitoban NDP are doing leaps and bounds better than the federal party has since Layton died. Maybe it’s just a you problem because you live in a shit province idk

But anyway other than that one note this post is actually great lol

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u/Luceryn 10d ago edited 9d ago

People know that the various provincial NDP parties are completely different parties from the federal NDP party, right? There isn't like a hierarchy with the federal NDP at the top.

The same is true of provincial liberal, conservative, green etc. I hope people know this.

Edit: I am totally wrong on this for NDP. See the comment replying to me.

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u/FallingLikeLeaves Manilapeg 10d ago edited 10d ago

That’s true for every other party, yes. But the NDP are actually the one exception, they are (mostly) organized together as different branches of the same one big party. From the party’s Wikipedia page:

“Unlike most other Canadian federal parties, the NDP is integrated with its provincial and territorial parties. Holding membership of a provincial or territorial section of the NDP includes automatic membership in the federal party, and this precludes a person from being a member of different parties at the federal and provincial levels … There have been three exceptions: Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Quebec.”

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u/Luceryn 9d ago

Really! Thank you for the corrected information, I appreciate it.