In previous years, they were usually content to team up against the Liberals
On Tuesday, after the Conservatives broke with NDP plans on how to investigate electoral interference, Singh said the Tories’ own strategy was “useless” and “on brand for a party that is pretty useless.”
While the NDP and Conservatives obviously don’t agree on much, the parties have typically stayed relatively cordial when sharing the opposition benches against a Liberal government.forming a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc Québécois in order to bring down the minority government of Paul Martin.that Harper was secretly offering advice to NDP Leader Jack Layton – including flattering him to the prospect that the NDP could take the Liberals’ place as the Official Opposition.
By contrast, when the Conservatives picked Pierre Poilievre as their leader last September, Singh’s immediate reaction was that he saw absolutely no room for compromise between his party and the Tories. “I don’t see a way to work together with someone who is so fundamentally opposed to making life better for people,” said the NDP leader.
There’s always been a handful of Western Canadian ridings that flip rather seamlessly between Conservative and NDP MPs, with Liberal candidates in an irrelevant third place. But both parties are now looking at internal polls showing an ever-growing demographic of Canadians who are determined not to vote Liberal — but aren’t yet sure if they’re going to go blue or orange.Article content
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