Canada

Many saw the move as a revival of the party’s identity, and some even speculated that the Liberal government might fall and the NDP could mount a breakthrough campaign.

Even as I saw the government forcibly end the workers' strike and the NDP break the confidence agreement over it, I saw it at the time more as political maneuvering, than an actual revival of the party. I wanted Singh and MPs to stand with striking workers literally rather than just figuratively. They say a lot of nice words like "we will fight for you", but are always light on details about what they would do if they were in power, and we have not seen concrete action taken yet either (I get that legislature wise that's not entirely their fault).

The Gaza/Free Palestine problem is also an Achilles' heel wedge issue destroying the party as well. Canada and by extension the NDP can do little about that besides posturing, while it is both in International courts and being massively funded by the US. Most of our energy should be on problems we can solve rather than those we can't, and we shouldn't shun people completely because they don't come with picture-perfect views on one issue or another, since that is what gets exploited by bad-faith actors and trolls.

I have real hope in the BCNDP, ABNDP, SKNDP and MBNDP for having actual ideas to solve actual issues of inequality, homeless and the housing crisis, healthcare. The ONDP is on the right track but still quite irrelevant..., and Singh seems to be following in their path rather than Western NDP style which I think we need some aspects of again. Tommy Douglas, a prominent Saskatchewan CCF leader and Premier after all.