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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will bring forward a motion of non-confidence to bring down the Trudeau government in the next sitting of the House of Commons.

"The Liberals don't deserve another chance," Singh wrote in a letter on Friday. "That's why the NDP will vote to bring this government down."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Just to remind everyone: Layton pulled this same stunt, toppling Martin's government.

The result was the loss of a number of progressive initiatives Martin's people were working on, the election of fucking Stephen Harper and the most conservative Canadian political landscape since Borden. Science was suppressed, lslamophobia went from being a dogwhistle to a bullhorn, we narrowly avoided economic catastrophy. Harper even fucked with the Census in an attempt to remake Canada.

A lot of dippers really idolized Layton, but honestly he was a shameless opportunist and I don't forgive him for giving us almost a decade of Harper.

And Singh is pulling the same fucking stunt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Poilievre is winning a majority no matter what, I'd rather get it out of the way sooner instead of sitting through another year of ineffective Liberal virtue signalling.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The Liberals don't deserve another chance, sure, but handing the election over to the conservative party? What the fuck...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why is it the responsibility of a third party like the NDP to keep up the Liberals in power?

If the NDP can steal and win former Liberal seats, it seems really dumb not to capitalize on that opportunity. It's not like the NDP will form government, nor will the Conservatives lose traction in the next 10 months. There's a Conservative government coming in regardless of how you feel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

It's not, but when the country is frothing at the mouth over even more unhinged authoritarian/oligarchy leadership than what we have, NDP aren't going to stand much of a chance on their own. All the going to do is drive more people to vote CPC

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

Except the NDP are unlikely to pick up many Liberal seats and will go from holding the balance of power to having no power. I don’t follow this logic.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Maybe when Canada is fed up with the Cons, they'll vote us in!"

Shortsighted buffoons

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Singh et al learned absolutely nothing from the Harper era

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

The only shortsighted buffoons I see are the Liberals who have thoroughly failed to meaningfully improve their voters' lives and address any of the many social crises that are impacting us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Drop the whataboutism. Hold yourself to a higher standard.

All political parties are a blight on democracy. Case in point, party whips.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

The only shortsighted buffoons I see are the NDP who have thoroughly failed to meaningfully improve their voters’ lives and address any of the many social crises that are impacting us.

The only shortsighted buffoons I see are the Conservatives who have thoroughly failed to meaningfully improve their voters’ lives and address any of the many social crises that are impacting us.

Works with every party.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

How do you feel about response to COVID and the CERB payments?

Personally, that was a federal win for me.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dang welcome to Trump's Canada I guess. Scary times boys

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Please don’t do it Mr Singh.

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