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Listening to the speech, I actually felt a bit of hope for my newborn. 🧡🧡🧡
Cautiously optimistic.
Signing up for monthly NDP contribution.
This is the program I want to see advance.
I was expecting him to take it. I’m not fully versed on the guy’s history but I like what I’ve seen from him.
The CBC coverage has been aggressive. They leaned hard into deriding him.
I listened to Cross Country Checkup and was surprised by the “expert opinions” lining up against this and yet in Avi Lewis’ speech he ticked most of the boxes. He was clear and direct and has a solid philosophy that is not about pandering to the powers that be but rather standing out with a strong principled position. He gave a solid DIFFERENT National option and we need that.
Link to: FULL SPEECH | New NDP Leader Avi Lewis speaks in Winnipeg after first-ballot victory (18:33)
This is the first time in a long time that I have been truly inspired by the position expressed on so many points I care about.
I have typically leaned towards the Liberal parties both Federally and Provincially but have voted for every party at different points depending on the quality of the local candidate or the leadership positions being expressed on narrow issues I think are important to me at the time.
That said, the Liberals and Conservatives seem more and more to me to be two sides of the same coin. Essentially establishment, big corporation sycophants. I believe we need a whole new currency and the NDP in Ontario and now Federally are looking like it for me.
Opinion not grounded in research: Any time the NDP has held a persuasive position in this country, we have seen the average person’s quality of life improve.
This is the first time in a long time that I have been truly inspired by the position expressed on so many points I care about.
That’s exactly what Lewis represents for so many of us. The ideas of common sense unapologetic democratic socialism is the Canadian mainstream. We have been holding out noses for so long it’s surprising to remember what clean air smells like.
Love to see it. Hopefully it bodes well for the future of the NDP.
His speech was incredible!
Also holy crap Tanille beat out Rob Ashton in the vote count, I’m shocked.
I think she was the strongest candidate but she recieved so little coverage.
I was happy to see Tanille Johnston do well. I was thoroughly impressed with her in the leadership debate and think she has the morale backbone and passion and values to be a strong part of revitalizing the NDP.
I was surprised Ashton did so poorly.
I couldn’t believe it. I knew Tony (God bless that man) would come in last, but I was certain Rob would come third behind either McPherson or Lewis.
Tanille beating him out either shows that people were more peeved about the AI thing than I would have expected, that I underestimated Tanille’s charm and hard work, or both.
Glad to have had Tanille ranked second on my ballot, but I wasn’t expecting her to have had that much momentum. Genuinely proud of her.
As a person who did not follow the NDP and watched the debate from a position of curiosity Tanille Johnston’s message was one of strong positive change.
Similar to Avi Lewis in his acceptance speech, she clearly articulated the full gamut of change that our country needs if we really want peoples’ lives to be better.
For too long “working class” has I think been considered to be another term for people who work in trades or other unionized roles. I am not in that group but the way the world is clearly shaping up, even if you are making a very solid salary but not in a union, you are still part of the “working class”. We are all feeding money into the machine.
I want a government that is making life better for everyone, not protecting the profits of corporations and their owners.
This is what I heard Tanille and Avi say strongly and unapologetically backed by many things they would change.
I think Tenille shone very brightly throughout the race. She’s definitely a rising star in the NDP for all the right reasons. I’m so glad she and Avi were sitting together and she was the first on the stage with him.
Awesome! I hope he starts with bread and butter issues: affordability, housing, and healthcare. We’re gonna leave a generation of Canadians to the Conservatives if we can’t get movement on those.
In our lifetimes, let’s make Canada better.
Cautiously optimistic that NDP might finally go back to its roots now.
I have not kept up with this - what’s his stance on the ongoing war in Iran and Carney’s responses?
He made it very clear in the speech that he did not stand with the war in Iran seeing that it was a violation of international law, and that Canada has no place endorsing it.
Yes, again taking a strong principled stance. Not trying to play it down the middle. He picked a side and for me, I agree with the side he picked.
That’s what I like to hear!
His victory speech was great. I think he will do well.
Let’s goooo
Congratulations, and I’m happy there’s energy behind him.
He’s not who I would have picked, but that’s okay. He’s seems alright.
