... and labour, rich and poor, working people and entrepreneurs, the truth is that neither the NDP nor any other party can successfully do that. Politics is about choices, and business, to both its credit ... with $6.6 million coming from business, or about 73 per cent. So presuming the new NDP approach is to cozy up to business, how can that be done without dramatically changing long-held values and ...

... series this week on the future of BC's NDP, in advance of this weekend's convention. Read Gary ... unions are not pulling the levers for Vision as they do the provincial NDP – they are. When it comes to decision-making within Vision Vancouver, ... -left ready to woo voters. The beauty of it is that they would still be the same old NDP deep down, beholden to their labour backers, and no one ...

... a terrible idea.Instead of allowing the best candidates to run, the NDP's system ensures that, at times, the best candidate will ... sector jobs and who knows, maybe the private sector too.I have voted NDP in provincial elections before but ideas like the nomination quota ... creating rules.A lot of people are turned off by the NDP for its "we know better", nanny-like stance on issues and ...

... politics with this, and that's all it is." Foster also disputes an NDP claim that he campaigned on a promise not to bring in the HST. ... a statement that I promised not to bring it in, I have no idea where that came from." The NDP claims in the media release were attributed to Nelson Creston NDP MLA Michelle Mungall who says the tourism industry in Vernon can't afford the huge ...

... Goodale, the liberal Member of Parliament for Regina Wascana Plains. The other was from the provincial NDP on black and white paper with a smiling, youthful looking photo of Dwain Lingenfelter, ... Wishes. It was a quality piece that I suggest most people would appreciate. On the other hand, the message from the NDP was how Brad Wall has taken us from boom to bust in two short years. It tells how ...

... per cent for the Liberals, 16.8 per cent for the NDP, 11.2 per cent for the Green Party ... Atlantic." The question has come up as to where voters are going. It has occurred to me that the NDP are in position to pick up votes, given the partisan hackery ... Greens are invisible and not represented. That leaves Jack. Of course, the NDP have long been the party of unrealized opportunity, so I' ...

... bloggers nominated for the 2009 Canadian Blog Awards. Now, I'd like to give a shout out to some non-NDP bloggers who are in the running for awards. Some of these are politically progressive (but not necessarily NDP), others ... Blog Pundits' Guide (Alice Funke) James Laxer (I didn't include him on the NDP list, though you could make the argument...) eaves.ca (David Eaves) Peace, Order ...

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... our province. This was the real reason they gave for defeating the Tory government. The NDP, upon election, immediately axed the tax on our electrical bills and almost immediately dismissed the ... that practitioner shortages and a bloated bureaucratic system is the problem? I also found it amusing that a NDP member , Stirling Beliveau ,looking for a cabinet position was able to obtain a loan from ...

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... the HST was a major factor. Layton certainly hopes so: “[This] was the first election on the HST,” says the NDP Leader, whose party's portion of the riding vote went up eight points ... in B.C. and Ontario.”From the Globe and Mail. With the Liberals in disarray, could it be that the NDP is poised to become the realistic alternative to the Cons? Too soon to tell (a lot can change by the time ...

... with a 10-point lead carve themselves up the way the BC NDP has been doing. The party held their convention on the weekend, and even their own pundits have been ... " theory in the foot. The major point of debate is whether NDP leader Carole James should push the party to the ... business-friendly, or whether she should turn hard left and return to the NDP's union-lovin', socialism-swillin&# ...

One of the NDP’s favorite scions (or is it the other way around?), and one of the owners of the you’ve got to be kidding party, B.C. Federation ... all you’ve got to be kidding party’s conventions, where the NDP members go ape-poop and cheer wildly at anything ... of his cult meetings.  Or like a speaker at any typical NDP convention.  “Sisters and brothers”. ...

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... and good judgment to boot? It nearly happened in 1969, when Tom Berger led the NDP into an election that was called early by W.A.C. Bennett precisely to prevent the electorate from getting ... "Seniority without substance is a dangerous thing," would have been an unkind cut, but the truth is, the NDP was just as prone to make the wrong choice as its Social Credit opponents were. And that is ...