Comments on: More NDP Blather, Now They Don’t Like Soccer http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/2009/04/02/more-ndp-blather-now-they-dont-like-soccer.html where the fishing is always good. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mulch http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/2009/04/02/more-ndp-blather-now-they-dont-like-soccer.html/comment-page-1#comment-65472 mulch Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:49:15 +0000 http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/?p=616#comment-65472 Speaking from an education perspective the wedge was there before the contract breaking. We go through cycles of feast and famine. The NDP gives education lots and lots of $$$ and in turn the BCTF offers undying devotion. You nailed it when you said they have to get past the rhetoric and get in touch with the people. Man we have some sorry choices. Speaking from an education perspective the wedge was there before the contract breaking. We go through cycles of feast and famine. The NDP gives education lots and lots of $$$ and in turn the BCTF offers undying devotion.

You nailed it when you said they have to get past the rhetoric and get in touch with the people. Man we have some sorry choices.

]]> By: sluggo http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/2009/04/02/more-ndp-blather-now-they-dont-like-soccer.html/comment-page-1#comment-65459 sluggo Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:07:54 +0000 http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/?p=616#comment-65459 Couldn't agree with you more. However, I also think that the Liberals drove the unions to the NDP. Remember when the BC Liberals first got voted in, and they did their best to break collective agreements and the unions? It's no wonder that the situation is where it is at, it was entirely predictable. There's nothing wrong with the NDP sticking to their base (and vice versa), but the NDP also needs to get in touch with all people in BC since it is their goal to represent us all, and not just the unions and homeless. They need to drop the negative attitude and wedge issues and simply use their ideology as a background for creating policy that works for BC as a whole. As for the unions... it's difficult to have any sympathy for them. They want their cake and eat it too, and generally that's what happens. Couldn’t agree with you more. However, I also think that the Liberals drove the unions to the NDP. Remember when the BC Liberals first got voted in, and they did their best to break collective agreements and the unions? It’s no wonder that the situation is where it is at, it was entirely predictable. There’s nothing wrong with the NDP sticking to their base (and vice versa), but the NDP also needs to get in touch with all people in BC since it is their goal to represent us all, and not just the unions and homeless. They need to drop the negative attitude and wedge issues and simply use their ideology as a background for creating policy that works for BC as a whole. As for the unions… it’s difficult to have any sympathy for them. They want their cake and eat it too, and generally that’s what happens.

]]> By: mulch http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/2009/04/02/more-ndp-blather-now-they-dont-like-soccer.html/comment-page-1#comment-65411 mulch Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:47:06 +0000 http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/?p=616#comment-65411 Digger, I would say my politics definitely fall left of centre, but I agree the NDP is brutal...the only thing worse is the public sector unions and their mindless endorsement of the NDP. All it does is create the antagonistic political culture which just gets in the way of moving anything forward. Digger, I would say my politics definitely fall left of centre, but I agree the NDP is brutal…the only thing worse is the public sector unions and their mindless endorsement of the NDP. All it does is create the antagonistic political culture which just gets in the way of moving anything forward.

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