Jeremy Frith
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@FrithJeremy99
Never criticize, condemn, or complain- be kind.
I used to laugh when I saw this sort of thing in university. But university students grow up and become teachers, bureaucrats, lawyers and judges. This is your ruling class now.
No Canadian flag in sight, just a Palestinian one. That tells you everything you need to know.
HAPPENING NOW: There's surprising amount of disagreement and intellectual diversity at the 2026 NDP leadership convention, but one matter everyone seems to agree on is that they hate the "equity cards."
HAPPENING NOW: More from the 2026 NDP leadership convention. A young woman wearing an oversized keffiyeh makes an impassioned speech against involvement in the Iran conflict, but is quickly rebuked and reprimanded for misgendering the chair who self-identifies as "non-binary."
I’ve never seen Canada’s @NDP in such dire circumstances in my 25+ years following Canadian politics. And yet, the party is poised to elect firebrand leftist @avilewis this weekend rendering Canada’s social democratic party even more irrelevant. Lewis and his band of supporters are anything but moderate Social Democrats — indeed they’re radicals: anti-Canadian energy, anti-Western and anti-Israel verging on anti-Semitic; these are merely some of the adjectives one could reasonably use to describe this iteration of the NDP. As a partisan Liberal, I couldn’t care less if the NDP are intent on becoming even more irrelevant to debates around politics and public policy at this most crucial time in our history. But as a Canadian, which I am always first and foremost, I mourn the essential death of the NDP. The party currently plays a critical role governing (mostly responsibly) in BC and Manitoba and forms a compelling Official Opposition in provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan. The pragmatic “Prairie populism” of Western Canadian provincial New Democrats has always been sensible; but with Avi Lewis at the helm, the federal party is about to take a sharp turn to the radical left leaving a not insignificant rupture between the NDP’s federal and provincial wings. Canada needs a robust, moderate social Democratic Party — especially in this moment. To fight for the unemployed, labour, the working poor and equity seeking groups that are genuinely struggling in an era of fiscal retrenchment. But mark my words: an Avi Lewis-led NDP will always prioritize divisive culture wars over fighting for the interests of everyday Canadians — every time. And that’s a real loss for Canada and social democracy in this country. #cdnpoli
HAPPENING NOW: Thus ends Day One of the 2026 NDP leadership election convention. The party delegates' primary concern — up to the very last speaker — remained the "equity cards." I am excited to see what modifications are made to the system and how this unfolds on Day Two.
Canadian NDP socialist conference non-binary speaker gets ‘misgendered’ by non-binary woman wearing a keffiyeh. “I’ll again thank delegates not to call me madame chair…I’m a non-binary person my pronouns are they/them and their- chair is sufficient.”
I used to laugh when I saw this sort of thing in university. But university students grow up and become teachers, bureaucrats, lawyers and judges. This is your ruling class now.
