Before Justin Trudeau’s singular entry into national leadership, the NDP might reasonably have counted on the Tories, as parties in power tend to do, getting cocky and winded at the same time. Harper’s misfortunes weigh the scales in favour of the ever-so-buoyant Trudeau-Liberals. It is very bad news for the NDP that all of Mr. Layton’s mantle, the public has no fixed or in-depth impression of Mr. Before Justin Trudeau’s singular entry into national leadership, the NDP might reasonably have counted on the Tories getting cocky and winded at the same timeĭoes the public, outside Quebec, have a clearer idea of what a Mulcair government might look like than it did a year ago? Does the NDP front bench wear the aura of cabinet ministers in waiting? What are the central policies of a potential Mulcair administration? Almost two years after picking up Mr. But he can be faulted very much for seeming to be a bystander in national politics, more witness than actor. Mulcair cannot be blamed for press romances or for the part of the public befuddled and beduddled by celebrity politics.

After all, it is one of the oldest, most sturdy of maxims that oppositions do not defeat governments, governments defeat themselves. Such a combination would normally have the official opposition ordering up champagne by the case (or some non-carbonated, emissionless equivalent - the NDP would never forget the planet), calling in the fiddlers and passing out the noise-makers. All the stuff that real prime ministers do.īut he also got a taste of how real prime ministers are treated by the press. The itinerary of the trip, which started Monday, included sessions with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and the leader of the Socialist Party, to discuss high-level issues like trade and the economy.

“There’s a lot for us to put in place with a view of forming the government in 2015 and this type of contact is extremely important to us,” the NDP leader said before leaving.

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