by matttbastard In the midst of his double-fainting couch freakout over Jack Layton’s outrageously socialist state funeral, flesh & blood cartoon QMI columnist Ezra Levant claims the late NDP leader “clearly did not meet the standard of a state funeral” … Continue reading →
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Scott's DiaTribes: All options should be discussed at least – not thrown away arbritarily.
I see that we have some stories in the media about “merger talk growing” between the Liberals and NDP again after the funeral of Mr. Layton. We even had a couple of Liberal MP’s come out (Justin Trudeau notably) saying that while he wasn’t convinced it was the way to go, he was willing to listen or be convinced otherwise. There was then others such as Mr Rae flatly rejecting it.
Some say this is just media driven, and perhaps it is. Personally though, when you’re a party that has been losing votes over the last three elections, and losing seats, including your worst showing ever in the […]
Continue readingRedBedHead: After Jack: Three Bad Ideas & One Good One For The NDP
The weeklong outpouring of mourning, love and solidarity after the passing of NDP Leader Jack Layton has now subsided. The sense of optimism that Jack insisted upon and the hunger for change that he not only represented but fanned to flame with the fun…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Marlene Jennings on Merger
Hi, Teddy here. I thought this quote was interesting, so I thought I’d share it with all of you.
The original news story is here
“The NDP did not come out of the Liberal Party. It’s always been a completely independent movement,” defeated MP Marlene Je…
Impolitical: Ontario election notes this eve
A few things noticed in the news this evening that may be of interest… 1. Notable column on the NDP’s environmental policies in Ontario: “Cohn: NDP losing its green allies.” Prominent environmentalists are denouncing the NDP and publicly defending th…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: The Stop Mulcair Movement
Just so everyone knows, I think it exists. It exists in all parties, when the supposed “front-runner” of a leadership battle who tends to be the opposite of what the old leader or a significant portion of the party was/wants gains an anti-movement.To p…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: What Now?
This is hardly the first, and won’t be the last, post on the future of Canada’s New Democratic Party after the loss of its most popular and successful leader in its 50-year history, but he’s my humble take on what’s likely to occur.First, forget the…
Continue readingFar and Wide: And They’re Off!!
If anyone thought it would take a few days to build up a NDP leadership lather, you would be mistaken, because the race has begun in earnest today. The apparently well sourced Hill Times article lays out some potential fault lines, evidence of acrimony…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Messages ignored
Loving. Hopeful. Optimistic. UR doin it wrong.
Though from Thomas Mulcair’s standpoint, I’m not sure the anonymous back-biting can’t be turned into a plus: what better way to dispel questions about whether a candidate can keep his cool and rise abov…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Juxtaposition
The Lib take on NDP policy a year ago at what was supposed to be their policy renewal conference:
At the time, those were the two big, important, structural differences in policy — the only two, if I recall correctly, although readers are welcome to …
The Progressive Economics Forum: Jack Layton and the Politics of Anger
My wife and I (and our dog Charlie) attended Jack Layton’s memorial service in downtown Toronto yesterday along with thousands of other mourners. It was a moving, emotional, soulful and remarkable ceremony, a testament to a fabulous human being’s honourable political legacy and his fundamental decency as a person. It’s tragic that just when Jack […]
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012: Preliminary Candidate List
Having posted about the target groups and issues for the NDP’s leadership campaign, let’s take the next step and put some names to the possibilities. As hinted at in my last post, I’d see the ideal field as involving enough candidates to cover effectiv…
Continue readingPop The Stack: A Coming Out Party for Optimists
Watching the funeral services yesterday for Jack Layton, I felt it was like a coming out party for optimists, a chance for people to be unashamed to express hope in the human spirit, in the future and in what is possible in our country if we all work together. I’m
Continue reading350 or bust: Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
Former U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis ended his moving eulogy for Jack Layton yesterday with this inspiring quote: Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” ~Arundhati Roy To read the full te…
Continue readingFar and Wide: "These People Never Stop"
First, a couple thoughts on the Blatchford column, now that the funeral has passed, then some digestion of the line above, which was the central thrust of her column and those that support it.
It’s not really what Blatchford wrote- Layton’s letter was…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.
– Chris Selley nicely summarizes Jack Layton’s celebration of life today:
I can just hear people kvetching: Was this a funeral for a great man, or a rally for his party?
But again, this is surely to mi…
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Final tributes to Jack Layton in pictures
Click for pictures from Jack Layton’s final journey today from Toronto City Hall, and then Roy Thomson Hall. It was an emotion-packed, life-affirming day.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: In memoriam
For those looking to join the celebration of Jack Layton’s life with others, the NDP has put together a list of events happening across Canada. Or for those who can’t, CBC and CityTV are among the networks live-streaming the funeral.
(In Memoriam grap…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The issue list
Following up on my post about the groups the NDP will want its candidates to reach during the upcoming leadership campaign, I’ll follow up with a brief look at some of the issues that I’d also hope to see as top priorities for one or more candidates.
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Accidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Jack Layton Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.
– Adam Radwanski astutely recognizes that the outpouring of sympathy and grief following Jack Layton’s death speaks to the gap between what most political parties limit themselves to pursuing, and what many p…
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