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It would be a little soon for me to belabour NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh again on this page, so let me say at the outset that he is not the problem I am complaining about: he is just a really, really good example that calls attention to it. So: have you noticed how much politicians talk about fighting these days? Check out Mr. Singh’s Twitter account. Look, he’s introducing a new Ontario candidate, Rudy Turtle! “He is a fighter,” the leader promises. Whew, I thought he might have been a surgeon. Later: “Together, we’re going to fight to change the government… .”
Some hours pass: Singh’s in Thunder Bay. What’s he doing? Moping around with Bombardier workers, and talking “We’re determined to fight for a historic expansion to our universal health care … ” Everything’s a fight. You get the impression Singh wakes up in the morning and talks to the mirror about how he’s going to fight to load up the Keurig and find some clean ginch.
I probably picked up on this fighting language because we got a REALLY QUITE SIZABLE helping of it in Alberta during the April election. (And anyone following the Democratic party nomination contest down south is getting a very heavy helping.) The NDP’s main slogan was “Rachel Notley: Fighting For You,” and, Lord, did she go on about it. One day she was fighting for workers’ rights; the next, for education or health care; there was endless fighting for families against whoever or whatever hates families. It left you wondering who, if not Rachel Notley, had been in power in Alberta for the past four years.
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See Also:
(1) It’s 2019, where’s Trudeau’s balanced budget?
(2) Frustration in predicting election winner
(3) Red and Blue all over again
(4) Canadians must understand cost of Ottawa’s programs
(5) Scheer’s Conservatives promise more health funding
