The video is David Doel’s breakdown of the recent NDP leadership debate, and covers a lot of angles. I wanted to focus discussion on a specific element, the argument for public options, which takes up a good chunk of it, citing programs in other countries or certain provinces.
I’m not necessarily arguing that you should vote for your NDP candidate, or like any of the NDP leadership candidates. But it would be good to focus on some of the benefits (and tradeoffs) of the public option when it comes to things like telephone costs, healthcare, groceries, housing, etc.
I am not an NDP member, so I can’t vote for the leader, nor would I really feel right doing so.
That being said, I liked the two on the right in this image the most.
McPherson sounded great to me, I liked her, she felt very clean and professional and sharp. Ashton seemed very likable too.
I get the feeling Lewis is ahead, but I hated him instantly. He just started out by throwing out “Carney is selling us all out” comments and I’m sorry but I can’t stand to have two obstructionist haters who focus on party over country. It really turned me off.
Edit: Maybe I’m just one of those liberals who Lewis is not interested in bringing over, and honestly that’s okay. I would rather an NDP that has a strong baseline platform that I don’t agree with than a milquetoast party that says everything and means nothing.
And I’m totally on-side with public options, we should have that. Government should provide the baseline services people need to live and businesses need to compete.