2026 NDP Leadership Race & Pick

[Brad Sallows]

$1B annual revenue to the Crown says otherwise

What's an extra 0.5% across the board (all the contracts under negotiation) worth if they cave because of the indirect pressure from liquor-retailing businesses? Multiply by the actual number of 0.5s that result.

The cost of not being in the business is less than the cost of providing leverage to all unions (me-too) by providing leverage to one particular union. They all know how to whipsaw, and all the governing parties in BC know they know. If the unions believe BCGEU can pressure the government into going higher, they'll throw resources (eg. money for strike pay) behind the BCGEU to help it prolong the strike.

They (government) need to remove the pain point, immediately and permanently. Out of retail, out of wholesale. I suppose they could at least just remove all requirements for businesses to buy from their distributor.

 

[Halifax Tar]

This Rob Ashton guy sounds interesting. More a throw back to its blue collar roots.

Rob Ashton

Rob for NDP leader

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‘We're All Getting Screwed. I’ve Had Enough’ | The Tyee

He was a dockworker, then a labour leader. Now Rob Ashton wants to lead the federal NDP. A Tyee Q&A.

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Is an NDP Led by Rob Ashton the Worst Nightmare for Both Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney?

A few thoughts on the disruptive potential of the emergence of class politics in Canada

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