The new leader will have to start raising his profile. Perhaps he could guest on The Joe Rogan Experience. It’s a proven tactic. And Rogan endorsed Trump, so maybe he likes orange.
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Under Lewis the NDP will definitely have a clear identity — an unapologetic activist and co-author of the Leap Manifesto whose acceptance speech referenced genocide in Gaza, he is never likely to be called Carney Lite.
And like a canny stockbroker, he is buying low. For the federal NDP, there is nowhere to go but up.
Except perhaps the yawning abyss of complete oblivion. There’s still that.
The Tyee – Steve Burgess – Please Advise! Can Avi Lewis Save the NDP?
The trouble with socialists is that they let their bleeding hearts go to their bloody heads.
Tommy Douglas
The way back to mattering, says its new leader, is by veering sharply left.
The Tyee – Michael Harris – Can Avi Lewis Be the NDP’s Wilderness Guide?
Phil has a question:
Is veering sharply left the way back to mattering or the way into the ditch.
How could a party elect a leader without a seat who has failed in 2 previous elections while ignoring the only candidate with a seat who was backed by the former premier of Alberta who led the Alberta provincial NDP party to victory in red neck country.
The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
National Post – Geoff Russ: Don’t underestimate the appeal of Avi Lewis’s Third Worldism
Phil has a question:
What would a litre of milk or a kilo of peas cost if the farm labour was unionized and making $35.00 an hour.
Among the major policies he’s proposed within those categories are:
- Imposing a “wealth tax” on Canada’s top one per cent of earners, which he estimates would rake in $40 billion a year.
- Capping rent increases nationally and establishing a “Federal Housing Secretariat” similar to the Major Projects Office to co-ordinate home-building projects.
- Ending any federal approvals for new pipelines, or other natural gas projects, and building a nationwide clean energy grid instead.
- Pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs with a tax on oil and gas exports to the U.S.
- Pausing expanding AI data centres in Canada and guarantee Canadians would always be able to talk to a real person when accessing federal services.
- Offering free public transit, high-speed rail, inter-community electric bus services and revisiting the zero-emission vehicle mandate.
- Investing two per cent of Canada’s GDP in tackling climate change, allegedly creating more than one million “good paying union jobs” and transitioning fossil fuel workers in the process.
- Creating a public alternative to the big grocery chains, which he estimates could cut grocery costs by as much as 40 per cent using a warehouse-style model.
- Establishing a public pharmaceutical manufacturer to rebuild domestic vaccine production capacity and ease reliance on foreign pharmaceutical suppliers.
- Rebuilding the party through empowering members and Electoral District Associations (EDAs) as well as making training more frequent and nominating candidates early.
CP24 – Rachel Aielloand Luca Caruso-Moro – Avi Lewis is the next leader of the NDP
If you’re ridin’ ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there with ya.
Cowboy Wisdom
Phil has a question:
Who?
Is Avi Lewis the next or the last leader of the NDP Party.
When’s the last time a maiden with two 3rds on his past performance sheet won the Kentucky Derby.
How many turnip trucks did they have to follow to find the voters who supported Avi Lewis.
Who was happier with this win – Avi Lewis or Danielle Smith as she watched Lewis emasculate the Alberta provincial NDP with his anti energy policies.
The Edmonton Journal – Naheed Nenshi critical of federal NDP following Avi Lewis leadership victory
Phil has a question:
When making documentaries in Vancouver did Avi watch The Time Machine too many times.
How long before Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson crosses the floor to the Liberals and a waiting cabinet post.
When making documentaries in Vancouver did Avi watch The Princess Bride too many times.
Is Avi Lewis waiting for Doc to come back and rescue the Party.
Can you eat only 1 salted peanut.
Is CP24 a cousin of C3P0
Phil has a question:
Will Phil ever get tired of that clip.
Phil M. Stockmen
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