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Originally Posted by SebC
Singh backing Trudeau (for a price) has actually made him a rather effective NDP leader (e.g. getting Pharmacare and dental started). He's got more of a legacy than Mulcair or Layton and he did it with less. Unfortunate that he's unlikely to get rewarded for it electorally, so the lesson for future NDP leaders will be "don't do that".
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That woudl depend if their goal is to actually do better for Canadians, or to say stuff that sounds good so they can get re-elected and can just milk the government teat for as long as they can.
Certainly most politicians choose the latter.