Charlie Angus: "I'm going to say something bluntly, something I've never said about any other political leader: I don't believe Pierre Poilievre is fit to lead our nation." - 69 seconds
I really can't understand how Jagmeet has been allowed to lead for so long with the results he's had and Charlie didn't even get a shot.
And then there's this. How do NDP members defended him barely beating Niki Ashton.
And yet, in the end, the result was not even close. Angus — with 19 per cent of the vote — not only finished more than 30 points behind Singh, he barely beat Niki Ashton (17 per cent) for second place.
With Charlie Angus leaving, I’m curious if North Eastern Ontario will stay NDP.
It's really, really hard to say. Charlie Angus' riding and the other NDP-held riding up here have been redrawn by the last redistricting. The other current NDP MP in the area, Carol Hughes, is also not running for re-election. Both of them have held their posts for quite a long time, so there may be enough lingering pro-NDP sentiment in the far north to get their successors elected.
Most of the other ridings are currently Liberal-held, with at least one of those incumbents not running for re-election either. I have no idea what direction anything's going to jump in. It may come down to who the candidates are, as much as anything about the parties.
I mean the fact he refuses to get security clearance to find out who may or may not be a fox in the henhouse...that right there says enough for me to believe that having him in charge would be catastrophic.
I didn't say that either 😉 However there's plenty of evidence suggesting PP is on a winning trajectory and NDP having abysmal chances of winning either majority or form minority government
As strong as Pollievre seems, he is still very much beatable but only from the right. All attacks and criticisms of Pollievre have been 100% exclusively from the left, those will never stick. But if someone goes at him hard from the right, he does have some wide gaps.
right wing learned to consolidate (US, Alberts, and now... BC with Libs just plain converting to Con) Left does not and under present electoral system Left will be in disadvantage in perpetuity. (I know Libs are not left, but they are further Left than Cons)
There is a difference, sometimes a large difference, between liberal and leftist, but yes they are both to the left of conservative. It's too bad that the Conservative party does not allow for libertarian voices. I suspect that the powers in charge of the Conservative party are strictly right wing and only tolerate conservative individuals so that the party can keep its prestige but block libertarianism because that could bring too much transparency.