Jasmine18
Senior Member
I'm not sure that's an entirely fair statement.
Recent NDP platforms both federally and provincially have featured variations of universal pharmacare, universal dental care, significantly expanded subsidized childcare, higher minimum wages, more paid vacation and more paid sick days.
That sounds pretty damned sympathetic to those workers who have it toughest.
In both cases (Federal and Provincial) the suggestion was to fund this with corporate tax hikes.
I'm not exactly clear on how they could do more.
Now, if you made the case that they have done a poor communication job, that their language is often aimed at the highly educated with messaging that is cluttered I could certainly get behind that.
I would also agree if you said that some of the 'inclusion' agenda actually alienates certain members of the working class. Which doesn't, in general mean the party or we as a society should shift away from that, however,
it does bring to the fore a discussion about how that agenda is communicated.
The party also needs to be wise to the fact that for the above reasons, it can come across as patronizing or condescending to certain people. That may or may not be fair, but its important to know when trying to craft a plan
that brings you to government so that you can actually deliver on your promises/objectives.
I think it also does not help that Horwath is not a very strong leader as well and shown a tendency to pretty much say or do anything to score political points that blow up in her face time to time.