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Originally Posted by Shazam
As nice as that sounds, it's really, really, really hard to do. Most left leaning social policies require money to implement.
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More accurately, social libertarian. Smith's social platform doesn't exactly mirror the NDP. I will say it doesn't mirror the Liberals either, but I can't say for sure since I don't think the Liberals even know what they stand for anymore.
Speaking of which, David Swann's comments regarding Smith's victory really underscore the lack of leadership and direction that party has today. Where Smith is talking about what she wants to do, and the direction she wants to take her party, Swann could only muster the same, tired partisan attack that only reflects poorly on himself.
At the same time, it does point to his own belief that the WAP is a threat. Though, ironically, the only thing he can hope to accomplish by trying to discredit the WAP is to push voters back to the PCs, which will cost the Liberals seats in the next legislature.
Someday the Liberals will figure out that their party policy needs to be something more than "We're not the PCs", but it is patently obvious that that will not occur under Swann.
And that, more than anything, is what has lent the WAP credibility in the eyes of the public. People want an alternative, and Swann isn't it. Smith has two years to prove that she is.