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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I doubt it was crafted in a boardroom. More likely at a table in the back of an independent bookstore in the Annex over free trade espresso.
You have to admire the earnestness of Lewis and Klein. And I don’t begrudge them earning a tidy living from their activism. But they’re about the furthest people imaginable from typical Canadians in outlook and lifestyle. If Lewis does win their NDP leadership, they’ll basically have turned the party into the Greens - an electorally-irrelevant talking shop for disaffected university graduate urbanites.
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People said that about Carney as well - "He wrote a book about renewable energy". But he hasn't had very much of a 'green' agenda since getting into office.
Avi might focus more on the populist movement and hope that a green agenda can flow from that with time. He can see the polls as well as anyone else:
When climate is #10 on the list, you put it on the backburner. His focus should be issue #1 and I would argue it is based on his early comments in the leadership race.
Even if you look at a different pollster that structures the issues differently, they have cost of living wrapped up with jobs, inflation, and the economy and that whole package sits at #1. #2 is US relations. Then Party Leadership, Health care, Housing. Climate comes in at #7.
There has been a lot of talk about chewing gum and walking. I think Avi (or anyone running to be a party leader) is able to chew gum (have a climate policy) and walk (everything above climate on the lists) at the same time.