it's important that traditional ndp supporters realize that they need leverage if they are to force the ndp to take these things seriously. judging by their platform, they'll be worse than the liberals ever were. that leverage needs to come in the threat of lost votes via the existence of a party to their left.

it's not going to be enough to campaign. they need to be threatened with some kind of actual harm.

the crazy thing is that such a party exists - the green party. mulcair and the rest of the party leadership needs to be sent the message that he cannot take votes for granted, that failure to act will lead to shifts in voting intentions.

it's also worth pointing out that there's not really anything in here that wasn't in the green shift.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/leap-manifesto-ellen-gabriel-naomi-klein-1.3230162