Yes, or otherwise without the panic vote, back in December 2024 PP was slated to sail to victory.

The NDP wasn't really offering anything new at the time, they got hammered by their own policies being way too focus group workshopped (Something along the lines of: "we are gonna fight, fight fight for something, we worked together with the Liberals to get you healthcare but now they suck so we're not working with them anymore! But we still wanna finish the rollout!"). Simultaneously, the Conservative media propaganda machine was focusing on soiling Jagmeet Singh's name since Trudeau was already done for.

Lewis' message is refreshingly bold yet down-to-earth, and I have hope for the future of the NDP now, considering the Liberals are leaving that space wide open atm.