NDP Leadership Convention 2017

[warandwar]

I actually think Jagmeet Singh is the man of the future for the NDP and his French is better than Angus 's

Not sure I agree about that.  What are you going by?  Angus' French is just a bit below where Layton's was.  Choppy but still speaks in terms of Canadian French and slang ("Chui" for Je Suis, "Je vo po" instead of "Je ne vais pas") that Quebeckers identify with.  Singh's French is hyper-formal and seems unnatural, IMO.

Tbf if you want unnatural, Mulclair's French was tres parisien, if you ask me.

[warandwar]

Singh getting ready to jump in.

I feel like he'll be either one of the best NDP leaders if he wins, or one of the worst.

great analysis!

[warandwar]

Singh getting ready to jump in.

I feel like he'll be either one of the best NDP leaders if he wins, or one of the worst.

great analysis!

Well, what I mean is, he seems to be the type of politician where you love him or you hate him, and one that would never be called "average". I don't know much Canadian political history, but to me it's like the difference between FDR and say, James Buchanan. One is extremely talented and considered one of the greatest Democrats, and the other is considered one of the worst.

I think Jagmeet Singh will be like that. I think his leadership will be either really good or really bad, but not forgettable or mediocre.

These are politicians, not Kanye albums.

[warandwar]

I find it interesting that the NDP might be optimistic enough to think Canadians will elect a brown guy Prime Minister.

Are we not supposed to say that? I have no faith in our people whatsoever.

Canadians won't be electing any guy from the NDP Prime Minister, but do you really think there is that underbelly of racism in Canada? Seems like most are fine with the multiculturalism angle and are supportive of immigrants.

my cousins have felt some pretty significant racism there.

[warandwar]

Not very impressed with Singh in this debate. Very vague compared to Angus.

[warandwar]

Angus is not against free post secondary education. He simply challenged those proposing it to present a real plan to implement it including how it would funded and how to deal with the provinces which have 100% jurisdiction over education. These are perfectly valid points and I hope people who want free post secondary plan to address these issues.

He isn't supporting it or making it known he supports it, so he must is against it.

He's said that he supports it, dude.