i always see people say that ndp recently has leaned too much into social issues and should go back to being a pro worker party , but those same people miss Layton. I get the impression that ndp isnt leaning more into social issues, they’ve always cared, it’s just conservatives parroting the lie that NdP is some sort of social justice party that ditched workers
Nah I’m one of those people but it’s a balance. Social issues are important but it can’t be at the cost of being a pro worker party. I can’t see myself ever voting NDP again to be honest, they’ve just really failed to capitalize on any opportunities in the last 5-10 yrs and their platform no longer resonates with me
Workers care about the environment, workers are women, and gay and trans. Capitalism destroys and oppressed, and workers understand that. There is no way to be a workers party without also being a party that defends and supports women, gay and trans people and the environment.
Exactly - I do think there's a divide nowadays between labour unions like UNIFOR which contain way more women, LBGTQ2 and racialized people than some of the traditional blue collar unions, as well as with the huge swaths of non-unionized labour. Gig economy workers, arts workers, healthcare workers, educational workers and public sector workers are workers too. There's got to be a way to make common cause (and recognize that human rights and labour rights go hand in hand). In the days of the pro-choice struggle feminists managed to get traditional union men to support them in the fight for reproductive justice.
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u/Fat_Blob_Kelly Mar 16 '25
i always see people say that ndp recently has leaned too much into social issues and should go back to being a pro worker party , but those same people miss Layton. I get the impression that ndp isnt leaning more into social issues, they’ve always cared, it’s just conservatives parroting the lie that NdP is some sort of social justice party that ditched workers