if the ndp were very smart, they might be able to position themselves as a new liberal party right now, as the liberals swing so hard to the right, and electing an upper class elitist like avi lewis with bad economic policies and good social policies would be a good step on that path towards appealing to liberal voters. liberals annoyed with mark carney should like avi lewis in principle, until they dig under the surface.

the things that liberals won't like about avi lewis are not up for debate and won't be addressed, and he will struggle with them for that reason.

but that is the obvious tactic the ndp needs to try. they're going to fail. but they need to cut their losses with working class voters and go hard after upper middle class voters, instead. that's who elected avi lewis, and it's who is going to vote for him, if anybody does.

so, what do i do?

well, i'm not going to vote for the conservatives, either.

i have tended to vote green or not at all. the rise of avi lewis won't alter that, for me. right now, i'm likely to continue to not vote.