> On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:50 AM, Steve Bruns <sdbruns at telus.net> wrote:
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> The lack of a clear or even any viable alternative will likely save Mulcair’s leadership. Could the CLC just be firing a bow shot to influence the party platform?
No idea. If the party divides, it will turn on the party program rather than the party leader, specifically the challenge to NDP program represented by the Leap Manifesto which has been endorsed by more than 20 NDP riding associations and will likely continue to attract support after the convention.
>> On Apr 6, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Yussuff’s remarks are damaging to Mulcair on the eve of the party convention, and a conspicuous departure from the support of the CLC’s affiliates for the NDP leader.
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>> The NDP is not immune to the generalized crisis of the trade union supported left-centre parties, but even if Mulcair is improbably forced to resign, there aren’t any potential left-wing challengers to the conservative leadership and party bureaucracy comparable to Jeremy Corbyn or Bernie Sanders.
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>> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-labour-congress-head-says-ndp-needs-new-leader/article29522865/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe
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