Sorry for taking the thread a bit off course but the characterization of the NDP breakthrough in Quebec as validation of the NDP's lefty ideology / platform is a mirage. It was far more a product of Jack's personal appeal and the hyper fickle nature of the Quebec electorate. They'd vote for Communists or Martians if they were promised even more for even less. Jack 's legacy will forever be buffed by this mile wide but inch deep 'victory'. If Mulclair actually thinks he has a solid foundation in Quebec to build a national party he must be completely delusional.
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