Making the case

Kevin Brennan at Blogs Canada E-Group makes the case for an NDP vote as part of their ongoing series:

In this election, the NDP probably is the party that best represents the views of a majority of Canadians.

Canadians want a united Canada, where the federal government plays a real role. They want a health-care system that will remain publicly funded and provide first-class care. They want a Canada where we have a positive view of the future, not one that's cramped, narrow, and fearful. Most of all, they want to be proud to be Canadians. And we mustn't forget that they were the only party to actually try and accomplish anything useful in the last Parliament. When the other parties embarrassed the country, the NDP reminded us that public service can be something to be proud of...

If Trudeau Liberals have a home today, that home is the NDP. The NDP is the only party left that will stand up and say that the federal government can actually make Canada a better place. We cannot simply rest on our laurels, believing that we've accomplished everything worth doing.

I'll be very curious to see the anticipated rebuttal. The campaign itself certainly doesn't seem to have provided any particular case against the NDP, and the comments on Kevin's post so far don't offer anything other than the usual false claims of fiscal irresponsibility.

But then, the problem for the NDP has never been any genuine reason to vote against the party rather than a lack of public attention to the good reasons to vote for it. Like the debates, the E-Group series of articles helps to make sure that the case at least gets heard. Now if we can just make sure it isn't forgotten 12 days from now...