What's funny is that the Lead Manifesto wasn't even good policy, it was an incoherent mishmash of some de-growth and also some pro-growth policies that was totally contradictory, drafted up by noted champaign socialist Naomi Klein. I'm not even really upset that they never ended up adopting it, but the fact that they just swept it under the rug and pretended like it never happened is just soooo typical of the NDP.
They did release their own green new deal policy and I never really read too deep into it but I can't help but think it fell far short of what's necessary and probably included no mention of nuclear power (but I'm just guessing)
Exactly, the Leap Manifesto didn't even identify capitalism as our economic mode to be overthrown or call for anything more radical than what FDR's Democrats achieved in the US during the 30's. But the NDP leadership basically sidestepped the issues it brought up and revealed themselves to be confused and imaginationless, caught between being socdems at best and orange Liberals at worst.
didn’t even identify capitalism as our economic mode to be overthrown
Well to be fair, it doesn't really have to. Not yet. I will be the first to argue that we need a socialist economy to make a full transition to a carbon neutral economy, but in the mean time there is still plenty of shit that we can (and must) do to get the ball rolling. For example:
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Massive buildout of nuclear and hydroelectric power
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Creation of a national energy grid using said power
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Creation of a pan-national high speed rail network
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Government subsidies into carbon neutral fuel alternatives ( example A )
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Elimination of fossil fuel subsidies
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Assisting and guiding the de-carbonisation of heating, transport, and industry using alternative fuel methods like synthetic hydrocarbons and fuel cells
This is all shit that we CAN do under capitalism. With the political willpower and leadership, the NDP could easily incorporate these points into their platform. This of course would be easier with socialism, but once we start coming into conflict with market forces trying to achieve these ends, it makes the argument for why socialism is necessary all the more palpable.
The NDP needs to adopt an unapologetic eco-modernist platform. Let the hippies vote green I don't care lol. This shit creates JOBS and can help get more of the working class on our side.
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Ok libs, who wants to educate me on the CCF. Because as a Russian Foreign Interference Agent™ I want to know what they do.
Party formed in the 1930s as an alliance between workers and farmers during the Great Depression. Most notably achieved universal healthcare while in power in Saskatchewan under the Tommy Douglas government. You can read their manifesto here.
