I am a long-time member of the NDP but not, I’m afraid, a member of the Tom Mulcair fan club. I didn’t support his election to leader primarily because I’ve never believed he is a committed social democrat. He seems more of an opportunistic liberal, ab…
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CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: With new NDP shadow cabinet, Mulcair plots Harper’s 2015 defeat
Last week’s 24-hour House of Commons vote on Stephen Harper‘s draconian budget Bill C-38, the “Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act”, ended in a dramatic fashion. The New Democratic Party (NDP), the Official Opposition, concluded the vote with a spontaneous: Deux mille quinze! Deux mille quinze! Deux mille quinze! chant. That’s French
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