Yes, policy should be decided at AGMs by members!

But it's never actually worked that way - the party regularly overrides members' will.

E.g. Members repeatedly voted for a flat tax.

You can't wield that power one way, then complain when it's wielded the other.

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I would introduce municipal political parties so that left wingers can't pretend to be fiscal conservatives at election time, only to vote for massive tax hikes and spending increases as soon as they're elected.

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Nenshi again claimed, during tonight's debate, that he didn't support undoing union contracts, he was just doing what Council told him to do.

But, as I noted in this thread on Thursday, he didn't just send the letter, he voted for the amendment that asked him to do so, and for…

Imagine if we were all assigned to government grocery stores based on address.

Your government grocery store only had food 26% of the time–and the food was usually rotten.

Imagine you had to move houses to choose another store.

You just imagined the government school system.

I'm so confused.

According to you guys, we were supposed to punch Nazis.

But, now we're not even allowed to trespass them?

What changed?

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The difference, of course, is that the federal government is deliberately collecting more in taxes than they need to fulfil their role as the federal government, in order to have cash left over to 'give' to provinces as a bribe in exchange for province's implementing policies the…

Did none of the other NDP leadership candidates think to check Nenshi's record *BEFORE* the membership sales deadline?

It's a bit late now, given he's already flooded the party with new members who will easily outvote the existing members!

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