legalizing all drugs is not a centre-left position, it is a radical right libertarian position. it may not become a ballot question, but, if it does, the country is going to discard jagmeet singh and the ndp as completely fucking bonkers. the dominant centre-left position on this topic is more or less the status quo, perhaps with increased funding for treatment.

and, if you look at the ndp platform carefully, this is a constant: it's "progressive" in the same way the progressive conservatives were....

- strong support for oil
- lip service to the environment
- balanced budgets
- expanding universal healthcare [but, this is a consensus position in canada]
- support for free trade
- less government regulation
- upholding constitutional civil rights

that is the new ndp.

sounds like the old conservatives, to me.