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Carney’s vision of Canada’s sovereignty is quickly blurring (rabble.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I like the NDP and Greens, but I can't vote for them unless their parties merge. They get very little votes here.

If after they merge, pick up a bunch of votes, implement stratgic voting, they could decide to split again afterwards if they wish.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    In my experience the NDP is willing to burn ecological resources for trivial short term gains. They are a worker party, which is fine, but they often treat 'jobs' as a goal in itself, rather than a route to quality of people's lives.

    You can make lots of jobs logging old growth and building out fossil fuel infrastructure.

    Edit: don't get me wrong, I'll still vote for them over other options, but my heart and wallet are with the Greens.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I don't get that sense of NDP from Avi Lewis at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Avi Lewis is good people, but institutionally i don't see the NDP prioroizing economic and environmental sustainability. If it comes down to closing mills or saving scraps of old growth forest, or bulking up our renewables, I'm not yet convinced he'd make what i consider the right call. Unpopular sacrifices will need to happen to forestall dosaster.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    We can do better, which I believe they would do, with balance. Certainly better than carney or pete.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Yeah, I'm not the type to throw out the baby with the bathwater or fall for the 'every party sucks so why bother' propaganda. I'll vote as closely as I can to my preferences with an eye on the bigger picture.

    And of course advocate and vote towards better representation. FPTP is garbage and forces me to make decisions i don't like.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    The problem is that they only appeal to single issue voters because their candidates are single issue voters. None of these candidates come across as "in it for the people." They come across as idealogues with little consideration for 3/4's of what their job would actually entail.

    I would vote for an eco-socialist party, but none exists. Avi seems to be taking the NDP in a better direction, but unless he really steps up his charisma game I don't think he's gonna make middle class folks see the writing on the wall.

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