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For a more comprehensive view of the candidates, the CBC did an article today here:
#NDP #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-leadership-race-membership-deadline-9.7063896

RE: #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp

@… shouting out Mastodon!!!
#NDP #cdnpoli

The Avi Lewis AMA on Reddit this afternoon was interesting. He didn't answer my question, and I'll eventually get over it, but he was swinging for the fences with his ideas. His responses would resonate I think with MastoCanucks as they pretty much call for the government to get more involved in providing real solutions. Including building 1M public homes, tackling U.S. ownership of our media, getting rid of FPTP with electoral reform, guaranteed income programs, publicly owned options for major business categories (banks, grocery, phones, etc). Those big ideas could wake up and excite voters while at the same time facing huge opposition from big businesses and wealthy Canadians who would face a new wealth tax.
I hope he wins the leadership. At the very least he'll push the Liberals to be bolder, and maybe even lead a minority government that could bring some of his ideas to fruition.
#CanPoli #NDP
https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/s/fwKRmDPSvd

"Let's go forward with some hope."
A good line from @…
#NDP #cdnpoli

It's the last day to sign up as an NDP member and be able to participate in the Leadership contest.
I want to take this moment to make a pitch for Tanille Johnston.
@…
It's not just because she's on #SocialBC 😊, and understands #DigitalSovereignty. 💪
It's not just because she's a Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ woman, boots-on-the-ground social worker, #health worker, and City Councillor.
It's not just because she wants #UBI for all Canadians.
It's because she's the future of the #NDP, and of #Canada.
She is a bright light in a dark time. She gets it, all of it. She's smart and tenacious and she works really really hard.
There are a number of great candidates for Leader of the NDP, but I think Tanille is one of the best. She's the 'dark horse' to use one of those outdated terms that pundits love.
Join up and participate in what will be one of the most important leadership races in NDP history... at probably the most consequential moment for Canada since WWII.
Click the link, check out her bio, then hit Donate to sign up for a membership tonight.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NDP #VoteTanille #Leadership

I like this line a lot.
NDP: “Not running to babysit the Liberal Government”.
We really need to get the NDP and especially the media out of this notion that the NDP can only ever prop up the Liberals or… in a perfect world… be opposition.
No. The NDP can, and should, form government to give Canadians a real progressive alternative to the Conservatives and Con-Light-Liberals.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #ndp #cpc #lpc

Out of an extreme sense of charity, I am not going to name the NDP leadership candidate I just received an email from with the Subject Line:
“Final Payment is Due / Le paiement final est Š rendre”.
But… not a good look for a union man… 👎
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ndp #ndpLeader #workingpeople #affordability #advertisement

Full disclosure for Canadian folks.
Yes I am an #NDP member.
I have also been a Green Party (Federal) member. #gpc
I have always been on the orange/green fence. This post explains my history and current thinking about parties and this moment in Canada.
I had never been a member of any party, then I voted in the GPC leadership race with Annamie Paul and Dimitri Lascarsis because I wanted to make a difference more than just talking online…
When that party disintegrated, I left, but had got the taste… so then I joined the BCNDP to participate in their leadership campaign after Horgan. I supported the upstart Appadurai who got disqualified… but she made a splash and a very very important point!
So I stuck around… and now I am going to vote in the Federal NDP leadership because I see a couple really good candidates that could push Canada in a #democraticSocialist direction.
I encourage others to do the same. Canada and Canadians need real options right now. Liberal, NDP, and others. Be involved. Become a member even if you don’t think you’ll stick. Be involved.
After the leadership vote I will likely let my membership lapse and go back to being a free agent… towing a party line is not my style…
But it is important in this moment in the world to fight for what you believe in, so that’s why I am voting in the NDP leadership.
I know I will be voting for one or more of these depending how the voting works.
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#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #liberalparty #democracy #beinvolved

Uhoh… another NDP future leader on the #Fediverse!?
Welcome to @…!!
Let’s make an #opensocialweb for Canadians! Time to get off American corporate social media!
More NDP peeps on the Fedi!
Tanille
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And Tony!
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#ndp #avilewis #canpoli #cdnpoli #workers #digitalsovereignty

Before the final debate in the #NDP leadership race, Avi Lewis and the other candidates are making their pitches.
Canada needs a strong NDP now more than ever. We're only a month away from the vote!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #politics

The NDP Leadership race is heating up now that the deadline for membership signups is only two weeks away (Jan 28).
Leah Gazan, MP for Winnipeg Centre, and Anjali Appadurai, former BC NDP Leadership candidate who scared the #BCNDP so bad they had to disqualify her from the race, have both today announced their support for Avi Lewis as NDP Leadership candidate. I believe Appadurai has been working in Lewis’ campaign since the beginning.
Both of these women are strong NDP leaders with deeply progressive followers, young and old.
Here is the message from Ghazan endorsing Lewis.
Ghazan has been a strong advocate for:
#ClimateJustice #UBI #GLBI #JustTransition #Reconciliation and #WorkersRights
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NDP #NDPLeader #AviLewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Dl-1dhQbU

Dear all… if you're into #union issues and care about the #workingclass... or you're working for someone who says they do, then using AI to 'draft’ responses to common political questions is not the best idea!
#workers #NDP #CanPoli #CdnPoli #NDPLeadership #politics #AI #DonTBeLazy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rob-ashton-artificial-intelligence-ndp-ama-9.7043887

If you are into Canadian politics, even a little.. and/or into "Press Gallery" type political jokes. This 9 minutes flies by with Interim NDP Leader Don Davies. No holding back, self-deprecating, hilarious, slightly vulgar and absolutely brutal.
#canPoli #CdnPoli #abpoli #BQ #NDP #LPC #CPC #CBC #PopeLeo #TheAmericanFascist #ElbowsUp #Hockey #Carney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVfwyHooL8I

Solidarity to union members and students facing cuts at North Island College. VIU and NIC have a friendly rivalry, but more importantly, we each serve as access-focused post-secondary institutions for portions of Vancouver Island north of Victoria.
The list of program suspensions is long. And unfortunately includes some skills in my field… but they are generally... broad cuts. I've included the list below.
The #BCNDP Government seems perfectly ok with post-secondary institutions in BC going through the worst cuts in at least 25 years (my career) and I would dare say - ever.
Adventure Guiding Certificate.
Hospital Unit Clerk Certificate.
Bachelor of Business Administration – Marketing.
Global Business Management Post-Graduate Diploma.
Digital Design and Development Post-Graduate Certificate.
Digital Design and Development Post-Graduate Diploma.
Web and Mobile Application Development Diploma.
Web Design Fundamentals Certificate.
Advanced Digital Design and Development Diploma.
Android Application Development Certificate.
Fine Arts Diploma.
Coastal Forestry Diploma.
Coastal Forestry Certificate.
Furniture Design and Joinery Certificate.
Human Services Diploma.
#Education #VIU #NIC #Courtenay #CampbellRiver #PortAlberni #BCPoli #NDP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-island-college-program-cuts-9.7045740