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Originally Posted by rubecube
This sort of sums up my feelings on Mulcair's NDP. In an election where people would have seriously considered a progressive alternative, they instead opted for classic brokerage policies. Whether you agree with progressive policies or not, they have played a pivotal role in developing the welfare state, and I think most of us agree that we're better off with strong labour laws and a public health care system. Honestly, the legacy of Mulcair's NDP will be that they finally gave up any remaining resistance to neoliberalism in Canada.
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Totally agree. Harper was never really in control of this election. Hewas going to always get between 30-35% of the vote. Less then the 40% he got in 2011 to get his only majority government.
The question was how the other 65% would be split and would it split equally enough to keep Harper in power.
Harper is consistent and runs on one message. The economy is key, we will always run a balanced budget, keep taxes low and not waste money. However he could not control what happens to the 65% who hate him.
Within that 65%, this election changed the day Mulcair also declared a balanced budget.
"We will tax the rich, not raise taxes on the poor, have national $15/day daycare, scrap income splitting, move old age back to 65 etc...but still balance the budget in our first year in power"
Trudeau jumped up and said "You will balance the budget?. That's BS! And why do we need to handcuff Canadians because of a number on a piece of paper. Our roads and transit are crap. We need to invest in that and if it's a 10 billion dollar deficit, who cares?"
Mulcair had no argument for that, how do you even argue that? How does a left wing party argue against a centrist party who just went more left wing then you!