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Originally Posted by Patek23
I think the NDP are probably in a pickle either way. They’re going to wear egg on their face for propping up this government, and Singh’s grandstanding—claiming he will no longer support this government and then continuing to do so—looks bad to anyone who isn’t already an NDP supporter and doesn’t see it as a necessary evil to help push policy forward.
If they call an election now, they will lose their current influence but might be able to gain seats by campaigning as the only viable left option. The Liberals are looking like the Titanic at the moment. If the NDP uses the Liberal playbook and paints PP as the boogeyman, they might gain momentum despite their low polling numbers and Singh’s low popularity for the reasons mentioned above. They could likely maintain some influence and relevance as the opposition party.
Option B is to continue propping up the Liberals, giving them time to clean up and potentially replace Trudeau. This would allow the Liberals to rebrand on the fly and likely regain some of the votes currently on the table. The probable result of that approach would be a Conservative minority government, the Liberals as the opposition, and the NDP slipping back into obscurity.
Is several months of pushing policy worth helping the other team rebuild and rebrand? I’m not so sure it’s as cut-and-dry as some of the more left-leaning posters make it out to be.
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I think the best bet for the NDP is to distance themselves as much as possible from trudeau. They probably don’t have enough time for people to forget how the supported him. That’s their big problem.
Polling has been pretty consistant over the last year. I can’t see it massively reversing. I think both the liberals and the NDP are screwed. The Bloc and Conservatives will come out smelling like roses.