1 week Ago By Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen
Article content NDP POLITICALLY IRRELEVANT The NDP, through the flawed leadership of Jagmeet Singh, has made itself politically irrelevant. Most Canadians expect the Liberals to be totally wiped out in the next election. I fully expect that the NDP will have a worse showing in the next federal election than the Liberals.
The once-proud NDP — which would never compromise on its ideology that formerly stood proudly for medicare, workers’ rights and ordinary Canadians — is now only about being Trudeau’s “yes man” until Singh’s federal pension tenure is realized. Singh announced nationally that the NDP would no longer support the awful Trudeau Liberal government and then, in the very next non-confidence vote, supported Trudeau like an obedient robot. Forget about NDP principles or a commitment he just made to all Canadians; Singh buckled like a tower of cheap champagne glasses to protect his own pension.
CHRIS ROBERTSON STONY PLAIN, ALTA. NO SLOW-MOTION BALLET Re: Your recent story about OC Transpo planning to buy shorter e-buses because of limited availability from manufacturers of articulated buses Shorted again! Does no procurement manager check out availability before issuing a purchase order and media release? Of course not. This is Ottawa (oughta wait but doesn’t).
Ah, the disappointment. I was so looking forward to the slow-motion ballet of the slithery, articulated buses repeatedly trying to get up the hill on Carling Avenue near Bronson Avenue in a snowstorm as their electric engines lose power. Where are the charging stations? Back at the garage! Instead, I will have to revert to watching protesters of foreign conflicts telling Canada what to do while demonstrating in safety on Parliament Hill.
DYAN CROSS OTTAWA PULLING FOR FLEURY Re: Cornwall ‘parts ways’ with Mathieu Fleury after one year, online, Oct. 9 This is very unfortunate for ex-councillor Matthew Fleury and it is not what he expected. He was a good councillor for Ottawa.
Hopefully he will run in the next federal election here in Ottawa. He would make a good MP. Good candidates like him are always in demand.
Better things will come his way. Although I was not from his ward, during his term he did respond to my emails, and that’s what matters. ANANT NAGPUR OTTAWA Your letters are welcome, at: OttSun.
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