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Originally Posted by rubecube
Are those things not relevant?
I thought Singh didn't have a great performance but that's an odd thing to criticize him for.
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What do you think would give Singh a winning debate in his current situation?
He basically touted the dental care and pharmacare and flaunted it as "you didn't vote for it and are against health" and championing it as the NDP legacy. Both are considered Liberal plans.
Poilievre isn't his main opponent. Blanchet isn't his main opponent. Going after Blanchet's record is an odd attack considering the NDP's abysmal performance in Quebec. At one point when the Liberals were falling apart under Trudeau, he had the perfect opportunity to make the NDP an alternative and go head to head against Poilievre. Instead he gave the Liberals the chance to right the ship and gave all the initiative to them (and that was before the Trump situation reared its head).
He's now floundering at around 8% under Carney's shadow. He was debating tonight like an already defeated leader accepting that "well at least Poilievre isn't going to win" let's go after Poilievre when all his party support is leaving him to go to the Liberals instead.
Singh has always been a great speaker so his speaking is always going to have a strong standard, but what was the end goal there? It's almost like is he's not even in the election and this is his personal legacy swan song at the expense of the NDP's future.