About this episode
The episode discusses Mark Carney's economic update and its implications for progressive voters and the NDP.
Is Mark Carney opening the door for the NDP? This week, Brittlestar and Lisa B talk about Carney’s economic update, the concerns raised in Althia Raj’s Toronto Star opinion piece, and whether cuts or stalled funding to pharmacare, child care, and health transfers could push progressive voters away from the Liberals. They also get into Stewart’s trip to Politics and the Pen, a surprisingly funny Melissa Lantsman, Alberta’s electoral-list breach, and why this may be the NDP’s best chance in years to become the “not Liberal” option... assuming they don’t find a way to fumble it directly into a shrub. Carney may be steadying Canada through a chaotic global moment, but the question is whether progressive voters will accept fiscal restraint when it starts touching the programs they thought they were voting to protect.
People in this episode
Host: Brittlestar
Guest: Lisa B
Topics covered
- economic update
- progressive voters
- pharmacare
- child care
- health transfers
- NDP
- political strategy
Keywords
- Mark Carney
- NDP
- economic update
- pharmacare
- child care
- health transfers
- progressive voters
- Liberals
- Alberta
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NDP, Toronto Star, Liberals, Alberta
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