Admiral Beez
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That’s certainly an option. But enough about my views on this. What do you, @picard102 and @Mihairokov both hope and expect of the new NDP leader and their policy directions?
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2025 NDP Federal Leadership Race
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Mihairokov
Senior Member
A further push into workers' rights and policies as I think the NDP have more to gain from winning Orange-Blue ridings than Orange-Red ridings. If they can't make up space against the Liberals they need to make up space against the Conservatives.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
A living wage, right to adequate housing and strengthening of civil liberties...seems to be low hanging fruit that the Red and Blue dynamics are much less interested in. So kind of a no-brainer, really...
Edit: Whoops, almost forgot...they should also be likeable. <3
Edit: Whoops, almost forgot...they should also be likeable. <3
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Northern Light
Superstar
Avi Lewis is set to launch a bid for leader.........he certainly has the advantage or profile with experience in broadcasting he knows how to talk and find a camera........
www.thestar.com
From the above:
But his initial talking points......
We have rent control in Ontario and in many provinces.........I'm unclear on how this is Federal jurisdiction or why it would be wise.
Public Grocery stores? Seriously?
Sure on healthcare.......but while its clunky, the Liberal patch on dental is here and immensely popular. I favour further expansion of pharmacare, but I don't see that as the winning ticket right now.
Wage growth needs to top any list for progressives, along with housing affordability.
After that there's a wide open space for doing better on mental health, addiction and homelessness.
He'd better put some more thought into this if he actually wants to contend.
Avi Lewis to launch federal NDP leadership campaign
Lewis will be the first high-profile name to announce a run in the race to replace Jagmeet Singh.
www.thestar.com
From the above:
But his initial talking points......
We have rent control in Ontario and in many provinces.........I'm unclear on how this is Federal jurisdiction or why it would be wise.
Public Grocery stores? Seriously?
Sure on healthcare.......but while its clunky, the Liberal patch on dental is here and immensely popular. I favour further expansion of pharmacare, but I don't see that as the winning ticket right now.
Wage growth needs to top any list for progressives, along with housing affordability.
After that there's a wide open space for doing better on mental health, addiction and homelessness.
He'd better put some more thought into this if he actually wants to contend.
Richard White
Senior Member
My Grandmother fondly remembers going to the state run grocery stores in Communist Hungary. Bread in the Bakery, Meat in the Butchers and so forth. It was depressing and did not go over well.
For the record, I am against state run grocery stores but there does need to be regulation on that front to avoid monopolies like we have now with Empire. Metro and Loblaws.
Mihairokov
Senior Member
What's the issue with public grocery stores? We shouldn't be forced to purchase groceries from one of three megacorps in a trenchcoat.
Richard White
Senior Member
I think the concern is them turning into Soviet style grocery outlets where you line up for certain items.
Northern Light
Superstar
That they aren't necessary, won't produce a material benefit and will cost billions to set up?
The solution to the oversized conglomerates is to break them up.
Split Empire into 4 (Sobeys, Farm Boy, Longos and Freshco) with zero overlap, different ownership, different executives, different warehouses)
Likewise, split Metro into Metro, Adonis and Food Basics and spin off their pharmacy division.
While Loblaw should be split into Loblaw, (and like), Fortinos, T&T, No Frills and they should have to separate from Shoppers as well.
But that doesn't require a public supermarket system. Just breaking up oligopolies.
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In truth, Canada's grocery system produces some of the cheapest grocery world wide and cheaper now, inflation adjusted than it was 30 years ago. With some notable exceptions.
We're too high priced in dairy (supply management reform is the solution)
We're too high priced in meat, that's supply management in part, but its more a matter of the country having only 3 large slaughterhouses for beef that dominate the market. The facility in Brookside, AB, needs to be downsized by 2/3 and gain 3 competitors in Western Canada.
Finally, we're overpriced for good bread. That's a function of supermarkets have done away with scratch bakery and relying on par-baked crap from second-rate mass bakeries.
Addressing these issues will make grocery more affordable.
Though addressing wage growth and more generous social assistance will do even more.
picard102
Senior Member
I think that concern is entirely of an older generation. Food shortages are not that common in Canada, and the LCBO is a good example of a state run retail enterprise that benefits the province and not just the wealthy (at least it didn't used to)
While I'm not opposed to nationalizing more aspects of consumer goods, it's not a deal breaker if it's not part of the NDP platform as long as breaking up conglomerates is.