Last weekend, I mentioned my intention to introduce NDP leadership rankings. Before getting to the rankings themselves, though, let’s make clear exactly what the below is intended to reflect. First, unlike Ian Capstick’s survey, I’m not making any effort yet to determine who figures to do the best on becoming
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Accidental Deliberations: On building blocks
I left Chantal Hebert’s take on the NDP’s leadership race out of this morning’s roundup since it seems worth addressing in a separate post. And in some other contexts, I’ve been one of the first to push substantial policy discussion as a plus in a leadership race. But let’s note
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: NDP Leadership Quick Links
As promised, let’s take a quick run through plenty of material on the NDP’s leadership campaign… – Straight Goods has posted Ish Theilheimer’s interviews with each of the candidates. – I can only figure Justin Ling has been reading Future Babble and looking to Dan Gardner’s criticism of reckless pundits
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On base support
The leadership tabs are piling up on my end, and I’ll assemble a number of them into a post shortly. But one recent development looks to call for a post of its own. The main question I’d see facing Peggy Nash for the balance of the leadership campaign is whether
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: Coming Attractions
With the Saskatchewan election over and a personal move soon to be completed, I’ll be covering the NDP’s leadership race in much more detail in the very near future. And based on the pace of coverage even in the early stages of the campaign, I won’t pretend to be able
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The upward trajectory
Alice posts the latest NDP membership numbers, showing a sharp spike in several regions of the country even before the leadership campaign has started in earnest. And the immediate growth looks to have the potential both to significantly change the calculations involved for the NDP leadership contenders, and set a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On first steps
It’s undoubtedly great news to see that the NDP is making strides in its Quebec membership numbers even before its leadership campaign has started in earnest. But it’s worth being cautious about talk of tripling the party’s membership from a base which…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Leadership 2012 Links
A few updates on the NDP’s leadership campaign…First, there’s Pierre Ducasse’s take on what he’s looking for in a candidate – including various factors which might point to numerous candidates ultimately winning his support:Meanwhile, Ipsos Reid offe…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Aaron Wherry profiles how some of the NDP’s youngest MPs won a place in office, and the work they’re doing now that they hold the role.- It isn’t the kind of endorsement against type that would have the largest…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: And we’re off…
I’ll start looking at the candidates in more detail now that the NDP’s leadership contestants seem to be set in the wake of Niki Ashton’s entry. But before getting to that, I’ll note that while a few of my initial favourite possibilities took a pass, t…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On uneven playing fields
Nancy is understandably concerned about different rules applying to the NDP’s leadership race in 2012 than the Libs’ in 2013. But it’s worth pointing out that there are gaps going in both directions: in particular, the Libs will also get the benefit of…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Jim Stanford highlights the Cons’ thoroughly imbalanced view of labour disputes by pointing out that their concern for the economy has been limited to action by workers rather than employers:When employers …
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Assorted content to end your weekend.- Of course the ongoing leadership race will do plenty to determine the NDP’s future direction. But for those thinking all will be quiet in the meantime, Nycole Turmel isn’t missing the opportunity to highlight the …
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Andrew Coyne asks some disturbing questions as to how the federal government is becoming less and less accountable:In other countries, executive power is subject to various checks and balances. Who or …
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Assorted content to start your week.- Romeo Saganash comments on the need to recognize and act on our common social bonds:Whether you live on reserve, in the remote north, or in the heart of a city, there is much healing — much teaching and learning -…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The counterargument
Yes, that sound you heard yesterday was Canada’s Overton window making a much-needed move to the left. And Brian Topp’s call for to actually fund better public services through taxes looks to have a positive influence on both his own leadership candida…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joyce Green sees the Saskatchewan NDP’s proposal for First Nations revenue sharing as a desperately-needed starting point in remedying what should be out greatest shame as a province and country:Saskatchewan is…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Presented for discussion
And we’re off, with the first major internal point of discussion in the NDP’s leadership race. As a matter of strategy, it’s fairly easy to Nathan Cullen’s announcement as a logical move – both to build his own name recognition at a point when most com…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Evening Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Alice provides the definitive overview of the NDP’s leadership campaign, including the right perspective on who will decide the race:It is entirely possible – and the probability can only increase with time
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Assorted content to end your day.- Thomas Walkom points out that the effect of cracking down on peaceful and legal strikes – as the Cons are so determined to do – is to force workers to take more creative steps to make their concerns heard:Canada’s m…
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