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Originally Posted by chowhou
I wouldn't necessarily say the NDP are "very centrist."
The deregulation of SSMU and TOD developments is certainly not a contemporary left wing position, but their changes to the Residential Tenancy Act have been very left wing (for better or for worse.) Whether it's tightening up rent control, increasing taxes and fees on "incorrect" housing usage, or increasing regulations on landlord-tenant relations.
The NDP has been very interested in implementing UNDRIP.
The NDP has worked to block Albertan pipeline expansion in BC.
The NDP has raised taxes on higher incomes while reducing taxes/fees on lower incomes.
The NDP experimented with near complete drug decriminalisation.
They're very certainly a left wing party in general.
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Those are all centrist, or center-left positions. There's been no seizure of property from landlords.
UNDRIP hasn't been implemented.
TMX, Coastal Gaslink, Eagle Mountain, among other pipelines are all being built, not to mention all the LNG facilities, if they're "blocking" these then they're not really trying that hard.
I'm not aware of any income tax changes? If anything these have been moderate and could easily be described as centerist. It's not like they're seizing assets from the wealthy to redistribute.
They're walking back drug decriminalization as we speak.
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