The political stars realign in Ontario
With both opposition parties in rebuilding phases (the ONDP electing a leader yesterday, and the OConParty still without one) Dalton McG has the most room to maneuver. The Cons will probably elect a leader that will puul the party into its natural position, much to the right of where John Tory wanted it to be and the ONDP will have the space on the left when DM moves the Libs to the centre right (where he is most comfortable)
With Andrea Horvath (I am proud to say that for the first time in years I have actually backed a winner - much to my partner's chagrin) the new NDP leader look for much social policy based in the class struggle. That's where the battles are going to be in this coming depression. Just how will the province deal with the EI victims as they drop off the rolls and have to collapse all their assets before being allowed one penny of Provincial welfare money. Working class folk will be suffering more than then shrinking middle class and their knowledge based jobs. One can only sustain a service industry for so long and DM will bearing the brunt of the problem.
So look for the change in attitude that AH will bring to the house and I look forward to real working class issues being the centre of attention instead of airy-fairy environmentalist based ones. "It's the economy stupid!"
With Andrea Horvath (I am proud to say that for the first time in years I have actually backed a winner - much to my partner's chagrin) the new NDP leader look for much social policy based in the class struggle. That's where the battles are going to be in this coming depression. Just how will the province deal with the EI victims as they drop off the rolls and have to collapse all their assets before being allowed one penny of Provincial welfare money. Working class folk will be suffering more than then shrinking middle class and their knowledge based jobs. One can only sustain a service industry for so long and DM will bearing the brunt of the problem.
So look for the change in attitude that AH will bring to the house and I look forward to real working class issues being the centre of attention instead of airy-fairy environmentalist based ones. "It's the economy stupid!"
1 comments:
What worries me is how the spin masters have created the fiction of McGuinty as a left winger. That doesn't leave much room for the real thing - Horvath - to move. Of course she will be painted as a radical socialist in comparison. Anthing to frighten people away from progressive policies that make sense.
DJO
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