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Originally Posted by acottawa
Singh’s personal interests lie in propping up the Trudeau for another year. I don’t think that aligns with the NDP’s longer-term interests.
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Pretty sure NDP caucus and executive could overule Singh if that was how they saw it.
An election now puts the NDP in fourth decimating most of the caucus who are mostly in the west, even if they add seats at the expense of the Liberals in Toronto and some smaller cities (London, Windsor, Halifax?) Post that the Liberals have a long rebuilding and likley the NDP do the same. Where that goes is unpredictable.
An election in a year might end up more or less the same as above but there is also an outside chance economic recovery holds the Cons to a minority or more likely the Liberal vote collapses further allowing for substantial urban gains and the NDP ceiling even as the official opposition.
Meanwhile they get another year of a progressive government giving targetted cash to key parts of their base and less cynically supporting poor Canadians who they believe need more redistribution.