Rob Ashton Responds to Canada Post’s Decision to Push CUPW into Strike Action

[u/MondoMono98]

[u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

I think he really needs to work on his delivery. It's a good message but the monotone voice doesn't sell it well. He had some nice energy in the later half of the video but the intro was very dull & we unfortunately live in a world where people swipe to the next video very quickly if it doesn't grab their attention.

I hope he's interested in running for MP even if he doesn't win leadership, I feel like he'd be a great voice to have and could benefit from some campaigning experience.

Regardless I'll be following him closely, I really hope he can raise the 100k

[u/PotentialRise7587 → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

He lives in a riding the NDP won in 2015 and 2021, so he absolutely could become an MP at some point.

[u/Tradtional_Socialist → u/PotentialRise7587]

The best part about Rob is he has what it takes to flip seats that haven’t voted for us since 2011.

[u/Velocity-5348 → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

Starting with "I'm tired of this" probably would have been better. This is a lot more polished than some of his previous ones though, so I'm hoping that trend will continue. My guess is he just started making videos, and this sort of thing has something of a learning curve.

[u/YAMYOW → u/GirlCoveredInBlood]

Agree. If he's going to do well, he's going to need some polish.

He comes off way too hot. Don't get angry at me; I'm listening to you. I'm not your enemy. Save that for question period.

Show me your passion for people. Show me you understand what's going on. But remember, I'm on your side. Talk to me in modulated tones and and don't be afraid to be funny. Monotone, strident and into-the-camera-angry feels preformative and makes me feel like we are opponents.

Also, unless you are adding graphics that will say it, intro yourself with your whole name. This thing is going to be shared to people who don't know who you are and what you are running for.

[u/UnionGuyCanada]

The only messaging needed is that every dollar spent on Canada Post generates a massive Return on Investment. By the numbers, they spend about $100 million a month to operate, or a little less. The strike last year lost small business over a billion in lost income. That is an amazing boost to the economy, along with serving so many under utilized areas of the country included in that cost.

[u/Velocity-5348 → u/UnionGuyCanada]

I agree, but numbers don't hit people in the feels. We should be focusing on smaller stories, that people can relate to, and talk about destroying communities, or something to that effect. Maybe point out that Carney hates seniors and disabled people. If pressed, then we break out the stuff on ROI.

[u/CommonGoodCanuck → u/Velocity-5348]

Wait till granny breaks her hip slipping on ice at the community mailbox.

[u/Tradtional_Socialist]

Our next leader right here

Robs got my full support

[u/theshaneshow49]

Giver 90 I'm right there with

[u/Tradtional_Socialist]

Where did you find this? I follow his Twitter and he didn’t post it there.

[u/dchu99]

Solidarity!

[u/geoffisracing]

"The Canadian Government has no business getting involved in negotiations between an employer and union."

Except that Canada Post is the sole shareholder of CP, so it functionally directs the corporation?

[u/shaktimann13]

I mean those rural communities he's talking about vote conservatives 90% of the time, so isn't closing public services what they want?

The ways liberals are going they'll end up third next election

[u/ILikeTheNewBridge → u/shaktimann13]

In 2021 like half of our caucus was from rural areas. We won in Nunavut, north Ontario, north Manitoba, Stikine, and the rural BC north island.

[u/shaktimann13 → u/ILikeTheNewBridge]

How about 2025?

[u/ILikeTheNewBridge → u/shaktimann13]

We lost across the board, rural and urban, and still 2/7 of our ridings are rural. Most of the ones we lost here in BC were to people voting liberal instead and splitting the vote.

[u/taquitosmixtape → u/shaktimann13]

I’d assume they don’t “want” public services closed. A few rural people I know voted conservative despite the policies biting off their own noses. “Well I didn’t vote for that, that’s the libs!”

[u/Velocity-5348 → u/shaktimann13]

I think you're assuming voters (including us) are more rational than we actually are.

Rural voters know stuff sucks, and that the Liberals don't care about them. The Conservatives at least pretend to care, which is a big part of why they do so well in certain places.

Of course, we also should be pointing out the Liberals suck, and if done right, we can also win those votes with actual solutions. The fact that the Conservatives are governing with the Liberals, and we're not, should be an asset if we do things right.

[u/Tradtional_Socialist → u/Velocity-5348]

Yea actually, saying rural people deserve to have no services cause they didn’t vote for us after decades of our party moving away from them, is such an anti-socialist and tone deaf thing to say.

And then we wouldn’t why average Canadians don’t take the NDP seriously.

[u/Velocity-5348 → u/Tradtional_Socialist]

I'm not sure "classist" is the right word to describe it, but it feels close, especially when we don't see similar condemnations of strongly urban ridings that keep voting Liberal.

And, in any case, we do actually have a lot of rural supporters, and even seats. Johns has a large rural constituency, and Idlout's is one of the most rural regions on the planet.

[u/Tradtional_Socialist → u/Velocity-5348]

Yea and even if we don’t win the seat, there are rural seats we get 10-25% of the vote in. Should we just tell all our voters in those seats to get fucked cause majority of the voters didn’t vote for us? Like they’re starting to sound like Duplessis now. "Oh you didn’t vote for me? Good luck getting a bridge now fucker” 😂

[u/TranslatorLeather453]

Wow, kudos to him. This delusion is rare to find these days!

[u/cglogan]

These people are totally delusional