Jagmeet Singh needs to resign as NDP leader. This is not coming from some Liberal with an agenda to prop up Justin Trudeau, whose party I last voted for in 2015, but coming from someone who voted for the NDP in 2021. It is my strong belief that Canada needs an effective non-Liberal, left party to push the Liberals and to push the debate to the left, and I voted for the Ontario NDP in 2018. I say all of this to make one point very clear - I want the best for the NDP, I genuinely do. And that’s why Jagmeet has to resign, and do so immediately.
I hate how he obfuscates jurisdictional responsibilities and gives a free pass to "The Resistance" premiers just to dunk on Trudeau. Or how much of a partisan hack he is that he hypocritically blames Trudeau for things that are in Horgan's wheelhouse. Fairy Creek, Justin's fault. Wet'suwet'en, Justin's fault. He campaigned for Horgan's early election then railed against Trudeau's. He outright lied that Trudeau was personally pocketing student loan interest. He doesn't care for the good of the country. He only cares about himself.
I read another article this morning from a blogger in Vancouver who lamented the loss of the collaborative spirit between Lewis and Trudeau the elder. Today's NDP are just shitposters leading a party of lies, purity gatekeeping and anti-Trudeau hate. We'll see more of that this parliament, more grandstanding and witch hunts at committees teaming up with the Cons to attack the Liberals and Trudeau in particular on manufactured nonsense. So that he can pick up more social media clips to call Trudeau corrupt just like Cons do.
I know you said that Jagmeet was just bluffing when he said he'd prop up the Cons but I never believed it then and I don't know. His behaviour and that of the party speaks volumes. He's a Blue Dipper through and through. He's a narcissist. He's actively damaging to progressive causes. He needs to go. The whole party (Charlie Angus in particular) needs to be cleaned out.
I probably have so much more to say… but as a middle aged woman in Ontario, raised by a young mother who was both an NDP and labour organizer in Saskatchewan — I could not agree more.
I was always gonna vote Liberal but my ideological and historical home is the NDP. I’ve been deeply concerned and quite frankly disgusted by Jagmeet’s tactics and NDP unseriousness for a long while. But gawd dammit, my family is in the prairies and the country NEEDS a strong NDP.
My mom is crushed by Tria Donaldson’s defeat. Not just because she had high hopes for her young “one to watch” friend. But because after 2 years of Singh driven NDP games — she can’t take it anymore. She voted NDP because a Liberal vote in Regina-Lewvan is a waste. But after voting for Singh as leader, she’s been pulling away for awhile. And because the lifetime party she has actively committed her life to, left her and serious progressives a while ago. And lost seats is maybe the least of the reason.
Honestly, you articulated many of the same reasons why I think the New Democratic Party will betray their base, their donors and ultimately the country if they don’t push out Jagmeet Singh. (He will never go on his own.) You just added the granular math.
As someone who has long voted and donated to the NDP, I disagree with this analysis. Jagmeet ran a strong left-wing campaign that reflected social democratic values, and his personal popularity is extremely high, both of which matter more to me and I'd wager most members given the NDP's historical status as the 3rd party. Winning doesn't matter as much as maintaining the integrity of the party, and Jagmeet has done so in ways Mulcair didn't when he ran towards the centre.
Sure, some of the results were devastating and it was disappointing to see some strong candidates lose, but the NDP's problem is structural. First-Past-The-Post results in a systematic failure to win seats despite holding double-digit support across the country, while the Liberal Party is both credible among the centre-left, has strong voter efficiency, and needs to collapse for the NDP a la 2011 to have a path to victory.
There was also systematic polling errors that probably impacted the NDP's strategy this time around, and led them to campaign offensively in ridings while they should've been shoring up support elsewhere. I would argue these conditions need to change first, and have a bigger influence over the NDP's victories and losses rather than any one leader.
With that being said, I will be supporting Jagmeet Singh in the next leadership review.
Jagmeet totallt lost me when he criticized Trudeau for telling that protestor "don't you have a hospital to protest" when that protestor call Sophie Trudeau a "whore". Are you kidding me Jagmeet? if someone called your wife a whore you would not be upset? That just showed me he's more interested in shitting on Trudeau than doing the right thing.
I hate how he obfuscates jurisdictional responsibilities and gives a free pass to "The Resistance" premiers just to dunk on Trudeau. Or how much of a partisan hack he is that he hypocritically blames Trudeau for things that are in Horgan's wheelhouse. Fairy Creek, Justin's fault. Wet'suwet'en, Justin's fault. He campaigned for Horgan's early election then railed against Trudeau's. He outright lied that Trudeau was personally pocketing student loan interest. He doesn't care for the good of the country. He only cares about himself.
I read another article this morning from a blogger in Vancouver who lamented the loss of the collaborative spirit between Lewis and Trudeau the elder. Today's NDP are just shitposters leading a party of lies, purity gatekeeping and anti-Trudeau hate. We'll see more of that this parliament, more grandstanding and witch hunts at committees teaming up with the Cons to attack the Liberals and Trudeau in particular on manufactured nonsense. So that he can pick up more social media clips to call Trudeau corrupt just like Cons do.
I know you said that Jagmeet was just bluffing when he said he'd prop up the Cons but I never believed it then and I don't know. His behaviour and that of the party speaks volumes. He's a Blue Dipper through and through. He's a narcissist. He's actively damaging to progressive causes. He needs to go. The whole party (Charlie Angus in particular) needs to be cleaned out.
Thank you Evan!
I probably have so much more to say… but as a middle aged woman in Ontario, raised by a young mother who was both an NDP and labour organizer in Saskatchewan — I could not agree more.
I was always gonna vote Liberal but my ideological and historical home is the NDP. I’ve been deeply concerned and quite frankly disgusted by Jagmeet’s tactics and NDP unseriousness for a long while. But gawd dammit, my family is in the prairies and the country NEEDS a strong NDP.
My mom is crushed by Tria Donaldson’s defeat. Not just because she had high hopes for her young “one to watch” friend. But because after 2 years of Singh driven NDP games — she can’t take it anymore. She voted NDP because a Liberal vote in Regina-Lewvan is a waste. But after voting for Singh as leader, she’s been pulling away for awhile. And because the lifetime party she has actively committed her life to, left her and serious progressives a while ago. And lost seats is maybe the least of the reason.
Honestly, you articulated many of the same reasons why I think the New Democratic Party will betray their base, their donors and ultimately the country if they don’t push out Jagmeet Singh. (He will never go on his own.) You just added the granular math.
Thanks again! Excellent analysis.
As someone who has long voted and donated to the NDP, I disagree with this analysis. Jagmeet ran a strong left-wing campaign that reflected social democratic values, and his personal popularity is extremely high, both of which matter more to me and I'd wager most members given the NDP's historical status as the 3rd party. Winning doesn't matter as much as maintaining the integrity of the party, and Jagmeet has done so in ways Mulcair didn't when he ran towards the centre.
Sure, some of the results were devastating and it was disappointing to see some strong candidates lose, but the NDP's problem is structural. First-Past-The-Post results in a systematic failure to win seats despite holding double-digit support across the country, while the Liberal Party is both credible among the centre-left, has strong voter efficiency, and needs to collapse for the NDP a la 2011 to have a path to victory.
There was also systematic polling errors that probably impacted the NDP's strategy this time around, and led them to campaign offensively in ridings while they should've been shoring up support elsewhere. I would argue these conditions need to change first, and have a bigger influence over the NDP's victories and losses rather than any one leader.
With that being said, I will be supporting Jagmeet Singh in the next leadership review.
Jagmeet totallt lost me when he criticized Trudeau for telling that protestor "don't you have a hospital to protest" when that protestor call Sophie Trudeau a "whore". Are you kidding me Jagmeet? if someone called your wife a whore you would not be upset? That just showed me he's more interested in shitting on Trudeau than doing the right thing.