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Originally Posted by Torture
That said, I'd argue that the NDP of 2023 is not the NDP of 2015, they have a much stronger slate of candidates if they were to form government. Their Calgary candidates are former energy economists, lawyers, and individuals with years of experience in their field, not the shop stewards, new grads, and union heads of the past.
Frankly, they didn't have the bench strength and weren't really ready to form government in 2015, but that's what you get when another party has been in power for 40+ years. But today, if they painted themselves blue you would have a hard time telling half their candidates apart from past Progressive Conservative Governments.
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This is the first I've heard of this. Maybe the NDP should do some advertising around the depth and background of their candidates. I already know I'm voting for them but it's possible the general populace has a belief that the party is made up solely of union leaders and far left socialists.