The NDP must distance itself from the Liberals or risk losing its identity and relevance entirely in the minds of voters (Policy Options)
Some history keeps repeating itself. In 1926, J.S. Woodsworth was leader of the “Ginger Group,” a number of disgruntled MPs who would go on to help form the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), predecessor to the New Democratic Party. In exchange for long-term support to stay in power, the prime minister at the time, William Lyon Mackenzie King, offered Woodsworth a cabinet position and some progress towards creation of public pensions. Woodsworth refused the offer. He preferred to negotiate whether to prop up King’s minority Liberal government on a case-by-case basis as bills came forward in the House of Commons. Using this strategy, Woodsworth was able to secure the introduction of public pensions as well as more generous unemployment insurance for workers ... CLICK HERE for the full story