David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Methinks Dominic Cardy and his old buddy Yvon Godin or anyone else can Google "Fundy Royal Debate" for a little Deja Vu before the next writ is dropped N'esy Pas?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hurts party when he ignores New Brunswick, former MP says
132 Comments Plus one of mine blocked to guess who Commenting is now closed for this story.
David R. Amos Methinks the lawyer Jagmeet Singh is having a bad day today N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks that whereas Yvon Godin and his NDP cohorts have made fun of me and even made false allegations against me since 2004 they should well understand why i am laughing at them now N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos Methinks Dominic Cardy and his old buddy Yvon Godin or anyone else can Google "Fundy Royal Debate" for a little Deja Vu before the next writ is dropped N'esy Pas?
"Former provincial NDP leader Jennifer McKenzie resigned after last year's election"
David R. Amos Methinks some folks must have enjoyed listening to Yvon Godin on CBC before this article was published However I suspect it is the last we will hear from him for quite sometime N'esy Pas?
Greg Miller What was the Leader's name again?????
David R. Amos
Reply to @Greg Miller: Methinks many wish that their leader will soon be Yvon Godin N'esy Pas?
Albert Calleros Frankly, the 'backbenchers' of the NDP – le NPD ought to initiate a 'leadership spill' that would compel Jagmeet Singh to step down in favour of Niki Ashton.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Albert Calleros: Methinks they should say Hey to Niki and her daddy for me N'esy Pas?
John Smith yvon you were the only ndp rep for years and years not because of the ndp is bad which it is but because you were so good why waist the money everyone knows ndp in nb is just a cover for commieshammer cycle lovers
David R. Amos
Reply to @john smith: Methinks his fans should ask Godin why he didn't run in the last election or throw his hat in the ring this time N'esy Pas?
Jonas Smith The reality is, it's folks like this former MP that did in the NDP, as did the coming of Trudeau. To blame it on Mulcair who's been the best Opposition Leader since Robert Stanfield. We shouldn't be surprised though, he acts like a typical union boss.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jonas Smith: YUP
Mac Isaac I am one of "those" who would like to see no more than four, mandated by an act of Parliament, federal parties...I would prefer there being only three, but that might be too limiting for some. There's simply no need for a plethora of many minor interest parties diluting the voting pool. I quite frankly hate the American system of governing, but I think there's some good to having 2 parties. Everybody could, if they are pragmatic enough, find a home for their particular political beliefs. A right-of-centre party; a left-of-centre party and a middle-of-the-road party are all any of us need. Another thing I strongly believe is that political parties should actual BE what their name describes. Since the days of Diefenbaker and Pearson parties' traditional philosophies have been diluted by the quest to be elected to government, which isn't serving the electorate. Hiding what your party stands for is actual fraud. Liberals aren't liberal; Conservatives aren't conservative; New Democrats are neither new nor are they relevant. At least the Greens seem, so far, to be on message, but that could change as they get closer to forming government. And yes, I know most people won't agree with any or all I've stated but, then, I doubt many of us have even thought about it!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Mac Isaac: Methinks everybody knows that I strongly disagree with you and would be willing to debate you in a public forum anytime N'esy Pas?
Al Clark The party died with Jack Layton. Move on, run for green.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Clark: Methinks your lawyer would never vote Green N'esy Pas?
Al Clark
Reply to @David R. Amos: Maybe she's intelligent and would vote for the best candidate, rather than how her great grand-daddy did? I did say maybe.
George Matthews NDP just show they don't care about atlantic canada
David R. Amos
Reply to @George Matthews: Do any of the political parties?
Ben Haroldson A lot of laz i ness everywhere, especially in politics.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Methinks it is worse than that N'esy Pas?
Ian Berg Liberals have adopted most of the NDP's social & economic policies while Greens are louder than the NDP on basically the same environmental policies. This is killing the NDP. On policy the three parties could form a coalition if combined they have more seats than the Conservatives: the main obstacle to that would be the personalities of the people involved in forging said coalition.
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Ian Berg: ndp is anti -gun. Don't have a pra yer in NB
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: True
Patrick Hamilton When the NDP goes down in flames in the coming Federal election, perhaps the party brass will institute a points system when choosing their next leader.....so that the next leader will be chosen by the whole of the country....not decided simply by a few large cities.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Patrick Hamilton: Nobody cares
David Guitard The NDP is just another nuisance party. They have nothing to bring to the table. Get rid of all these useless parties.
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @David Guitard: Yes, and send the libs with them.
David R. Amos
Reply to @David Guitard: Methinks ALL political parties are more than a mere nuisance They are an affront to democracy and Trudeau The Younger proves it on a daily basis just like Harper and all the other dudes before them Democracy is not a team sport N'esy Pas?
Cal Sullivan While I'm not a fan of the NDP, Nathan Cullen would have been a far better choice than Singh, iven his experience and his ability to sound like a leader with some political, common and (for the NDP) some financial sense. Layton, and to some extent, Mulcair, were tough acts to follow, but the party's decision to field Singh supports the adage that 'you can't fall of the floor'.
Cal Sullivan
Reply to @Cal Sullivan: 'given his experience......'
David R. Amos
Reply to @Cal Sullivan: I encountered Nathen Cullen in person in Fredericton in 2016 and strongly disagree that he would be any sort of an ethical leader. Methinks it is a small wonder that he is not running again Strange thing for a wannabe leader to do when his team didn't pick him Kinda like Maxime Bernier N'esy Pas?
Albert Calleros Reply to @Cal Sullivan: While Nathan Cullen is okay to me, i have always liked Niki Ashton. The only way that the NDP – le NPD could become electorally viable is to compel Jagmeet Singh to step down in favour of Niki Ashton.
Jake Devries
Reply to @Albert Calleros: Ashton if too far left...farther left than Stalin was...
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jake Devries: Surely you jest
James Watson Why bother Jagmeet's march to oblivion is unstoppable
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Watson: Exactly
Ray Bungay There are more issues for the NDP in New Brunswick than the National Leader a no show! The Provincial wing lost its leader after last falls election and they could not find a new leader, yet! So I guess that would be Singh’s fault too?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Ray Bungay: Methinks the NDP went too deep into the Unions' camp N'esy Pas?
Jeremy Kemp Jagmeet's problem is he can't find New Brunswick on Google.
Jake Devries
Reply to @Jeremy Kemp: that's only one of his many problems...
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jeremy Kemp: Methinks both Trump and Google believe that New Brunswick is a town in New Jersey N'esy Pas?
Jake Devries Reply to @David R. Amos: and they'd be 100% correct
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jake Devries: and we are just chopped liver Correct?
Maggie Leard this seems a good thought by Godin..he did good. but today under the leadership of PM Trudeau who thinks NBers will vote liberal if no NDP around to vote for....trudeau has done harm to all parts of new brunswick...his tail wagers on the ground in new brunswick are promising and promising anything to influence voters towards the 'something for no paying taxes' promises for voting liberal. ...NB needs to vote in any NBers running for a MPseat that are not backed by the trudeau liberal party....nicer for NB if we all vote for anyone other than the liberal party representative...for voting liberal NBers will be out in the wilderness of getting $$$ from ottawa..from increased equalization..for jobs etc ...because Trudeau has destroyed the democracy of canada, especially in the maritime and Nfld provinces. he needs to pay.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Maggie Leard: Welcome to the Circus
Al Newman It ain't gonna be pretty...
David R. Amos
Reply to @Al Newman: Methinks it is already pretty funny N'esy Pas?
Larry LeBlanc Dr Phil.....
David R. Amos
Reply to @Larry LeBlanc: Methinks he has troubles of his own N'esy Pas?
Steve Dueck
Great guy..but certainly no Jack Layton...he does not have the experience that former NDP leaders have had...I think that in some ways...not all...he’s out of his depth. Give him some time and maybe those skills and leadership qualities will develop.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Steve Dueck: Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell NDP has two members in NB . Godin and " the other guy " ! You know , the 3rd tenor .
David R. Amos
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Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks like the energizer bunny you love beating on that drum for your conservative buddies N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell NDP in NB lost any credibility when Elizabeth Weir retired.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks many would agree that it only had an credibility when Tommy Douglas held the reigns N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: BTW Methinks everybody and his dog knows your buddy Bernie Lord bought a fellow lawyer off with a fancy job so that he could try to get the Deputy Mayor of Saint John elected to her seat Lord did the same with the liberal lawyer Bernie Richard N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell Jack Layton took the " keys to the car " with him when he passed away. They've been gittin' around on a horse and buggy ever since. The horse is lame and the buggy lost a couple of wheels. Time to put er down .
Reply to @Eric Plexe: Methinks I have a better article to check out about the former NDP leader Jennifer McKenzie when she ran in the last Federal election N'esy Pas?
Jake Devries Reply to @David R. Amos: Should CBC try to send someone who is not so partisan (it would be difficult for CBC since they are the de facto Lib Communications team) ?? Rosie is 100% Lib..."oh Justin" !!!
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jake Devries: Methinks you should have noticed that someone was missing in action N'esy Pas?
Craig Deleware Throw the towel in Jagmeet.
Albert Calleros
Reply to @Craig Deleware: Niki Ashton ought to 'step up to the plate.'
David R. Amos
Reply to @Albert Calleros: Surely you jest
Dan Franklin "We cannot bring Jack back," he said. "I wish we could." Umm no, no, you don't. Haven't you ever seen Pet Cemetery?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Dan Franklin: Thats not nice
Dan Franklin
Reply to @David R. Amos: Thanks David. I hope you have a great day!
Al Newman Jagmeet.... in a rowboat without an oar...
Jake Devries
Reply to @Al Newman: "jagmeet, up the creek"..there's a limerick in there somewhere
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jake Devries: Methinks he is only one brick shy of a load because the porch lights were on but Yvon Godin wasn't home to help him load it N'esy Pas?
Robert Ship The NDP is going to be running on pennies in this election due to the failure in fund raising. They must be strategic and highly selective about where resources are allocated. However, it is indeed unfortunate they are putting little or no effort in finding some sacrificial lambs in New Brunswick.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Robert Ship: Methinks that nobody cares enough for the NDP give them much money anymore N'esy Pas?
Hugh MacDonald Having NDP candidates would only split the votes of the Liberals and Conservatives. Maybe the NDP can field candidates in NB for the next election (2013) when Singh has more experience as the NDP leader and people have had time to understand where he is coming from and how he performs against the other Federal parties.
David R. Amos Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: Dream on
Hugh MacDonald Reply to @David R. Amos: Took you all day to come up with that?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: Nope it took me all day to get around to bother reading it
Jim Waller Jagmeet who?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jim Waller: Methinks he is a lawyer who moved from Ontario to BC to get elected N'esy Pas?
John Haigh Dead party, who cares.
David R. Amos
Reply to @John Haigh: Methinks everybody knows why I certainly don't N'esy Pas?
Daniel Rawlins Perhaps Singh has forgotten that Canada extends eastward beyond the Quebec New Brunswick border the rest of the parties seem to remember that Atlantic Canada is a part of Canada ... at least during an election campaign...............
David R. Amos
Reply to @Daniel Rawlins: Methinks the lawyer Singh is clever enough to know that he ain't got a prayer of winning any seats in the Maritimes so why waste his time flogging a dead horse N'esy Pas?
Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @David R. Amos: one of the rare times I agree with our resident wizard
Jake Devries
Reply to @David R. Amos: exactly..typically NDP win their seats in inner city slums
James Risdon Yvon Godin was a superstar of the NDP and a hugely popular politician in his riding during his day. Those days, though, are gone. Acadie-Bathurst has now reverted to its default voting pattern.
Liberal.
It doesn't take much research to see that Acadie-Bathurst has voted Liberal pretty consistently for the past 100 years. Only two Conservatives managed to eke out victories and those for single terms only in all that time. Godin, as a NDPer, managed to grab the region's left-of-centre political sentiment hang onto it for an impressive 18 years.
The likes of him are unlikely to show up on the political landscape anytime soon. And the NDP knows it.
The federal NDP knows the Liberals could pretty much offer up a duck as their candidate and still take the riding of Acadie-Bathurst. This is Liberal country through and through.
Given that, it is hardly surprising that the NDP and other parties outside of the Liberals are writing off this area of the country. There's simply no upside for them to invest themselves in a riding that does not want them, no matter what they promise or who offers themselves up as a candidate.
David R. Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Yea Right
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @James Risdon: Acadie-Bathurst is not redder than the South is bleu.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Cry me a river
Welby Trutthough The NDP and Green Party are cut from the same cloth and they don't care about the environment or increasing living standards. No, what they want is control to tell us what to say, think, do, and feel. When the Green MLA tried to stop the daily Lord's Prayer from the NB legislature, that said everything about what they stand for. Christianity does not force anyone to accept Jesus and that is the reason that religious freedom exists where Christians are involved in government. 85% of Nee Brunswick is Christian and 50% of us regularly attend church. It is completely appropriate that the people and prayer which honours God and protects everyone's freedom, be involved in our government and our legislature.
Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Amen.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Cry me a river
Michael Levesque the only reason why Yvon got 18 years out of the taxpayers is because the people of that riding love this man. Had nothing to do with being NDP.
David R. Amos
Reply to @michael levesque: Methinks Godin's popularity had to do with his union connections and their pocketbooks N'esy Pas?
JJ Carrier How far the NDP have dropped in N.B...but Yvon could solve all of this by running the provincial party...
David R. Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier: NOPE
Jake Devries
Reply to @JJ Carrier: he didn't so squat as as an MP...why do you think he'd be any better as Prov Dip leader ??
JJ Carrier
Reply to @Jake Devries: Really? Go to Beresford or Bathurst and say that out loud...You may not hold that opinion or you bowels for long sunshine...Better yet, say that to his face...You may not like being humiliated in public...He was the Acadian Rayburn Doucett for years and I covered him for 20...And what have YOU done, again bot?
Jake Devries
Reply to @JJ Carrier: If already had a debate with Yvon a couple of years ago...he ran away with his tail between his legs
Jake Devries
Reply to @Jake Devries: "I" not "If"
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jake Devries: Often times when I talk to an office of a NDP MP they call the RCMP and make false allegations Godin included
Murray Brown I guess this is why the Green Party is winning and the NDP is going down... A lot of these ultra left people who proclaim that they are tolerant, in the end, can't stand people leading their party who wear religious headdresses. Sad but true.
Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @Murray Brown: And you are basing your observation on what evidence? Did you stop to think that maybe they just don't support his policies? Or did you just immediately jump to racism and bigotry accusations?
Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @Murray Brown: just FYI - your kneejerk reaction is one of the main reason so many of us are gravitating away from the left. Being called a racist/misogynist/xenophobe/bigot/sexist every day, and made to feel ashamed of my immutable characteristics (being a straight, White, male) by holier-than-thou politicians probably isn't the best way to garner more support for your cause. Just a thought.
Murray Brown
Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: ... Nope... I pretty much jumped to the bigotry and racism... Because when a party picks a perfectly fine leader who represents NDP policies as good as any of the past NDP leaders and people leave the party in droves... I can only come to one conclusion. Maybe there is another reason, but frankly, I am hard put to see any differences between the policies of Mr. Singh and Mr. Layton.
Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @Murray Brown: "a Singh government would increase the top personal income rate from 33 to 35 per cent; make 75 per cent of capital gains eligible for taxation, up from the current 50 per cent; and introduce a new one per cent "wealth tax" on those with incomes over $20 million.
An NDP government would also increase the corporate tax rate to 18 per cent, it would introduce a 15 per cent foreign buyer's tax on real estate purchases and would apply to GST to foreign-based Internet services, like Netflix."
You are just ignorant, and hardly worth the reply.
Murray Brown
Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: ... Singh and Layton... Both in favour of taxation.. Looks like NDP to me.
Steve Gordon
Reply to @Murray Brown: Which is 100% why I would never vote NDP.
Alexandre Hilton
Reply to @Murray Brown: So policy begins and ends at taxation. Gotcha.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: Methinks folks have put your knickers in quite a knot today N'esy Pas?
Alexandre Hilton It's a lost cause and he knows it. I don't blame him. He knows his party is in complete shambles and is virtually irrelevant in every other province, why should he even bother with this federally insignificant province?
Jake Devries
Reply to @Alexandre Hilton: that's what they get for putting identity politics front and center. Looks good on em...
David R. Amos
Reply to @Jake Devries: YUP
Lou Bell Liberal/ NDP . Who needs em ?
David R. Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you do because you would miss complaining about them N'esy Pas?
Welby Trutthough The last thing this province needs is the NDP. We've had enough of our values being overrun by a toxic, anti Christian, pro marijuana drugs, federal government.
Robert Brannen
Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Speaking of Christianity, a main tenet of Christianity is tolerance of others and their beliefs, it would see you appear to be unaware of that.
Welby Trutthough
Reply to @Robert Brannen: Please describe some more for everyone , what exactly the Bible says about tolerance.
Steve Gordon
Reply to @Welby Trutthough: Religion has no place in politics.
David R. Amos
Reply to @Steve Gordon: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Welby Trutthough: who cares what these old methical books say about anything?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hurts party when he ignores New Brunswick, former MP says
No NDP candidates have been lined up in New Brunswick for the federal election this fall
Yvon Godin, the former NDP member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, says party workers may be tired of working hard and not winning. (The Canadian Press)
The federal election is two months away, and the New Democratic Party still doesn't have a candidate in any of the 10 New Brunswick ridings.
Yvon Godin, the former NDP member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, blames party leader Jagmeet Singh and the small amount of time he's spent in New Brunswick and other parts of Canada that don't have big cities.
"I find it sad to see that, because the NDP has done good in the past," said Godin, who was an MP for 18 years.
Godin said other political party leaders, like Liberal Justin Trudeau, Conservative Andrew Scheer, and Elizabeth May of the Green Party have all visited the province recently.
"People jump on the boat," he said. "I think here it's just the silence that we see around it is just too much."
Godin said the public likes it when political party leaders come to town, but Singh is spending too much time in larger cities, such as Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
The train is going by, it's getting late.
-Yvon Godin, former MP for the NDP
"Probably to save the party because it's not going that good, the money is not in," he said. "I'm not proud of what he's doing."
Former provincial NDP leader Jennifer McKenzie resigned after last year's election, and the party hasn't found a new leader.
The NDP's share of the popular vote in the September election was its lowest since 1974. Unlike previous federal NDP leaders, Singh didn't visit New Brunswick to support McKenzie during the campaign.
A party for the people
The NDP won no seats in the New Brunswick's legislature, but the Green Party and People's Alliance broke through with three seats each.
For the federal election, the Liberals and Conservatives have almost filled their candidate slates in New Brunswick, and both the Greens and People's Party of Canada already have candidates in more than half the ridings.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been spending too much time in major centres, says Godin. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
"I think the people that work hard for the party, I kind of find them, maybe tired," Godin said of the NDP. "[It's] hard to see all those years go by and [not] get into the power."
Godin finds the decline in the party's fortunes sad, since the NDP has been around for more than 50 years.
"I believe it's a party for the people. … it's the party that brought public health care in our country," he said. "Public health care that many countries would love to have."
Party can't bring Jack Layton back
During the 1997 federal election, the NDP won 21 seats under former party leader Alexa McDonough, including a historic breakthrough in the Atlantic provinces.
Next came Toronto politician Jack Layton, whose leadership helped the party win 103 seats in the 2011 federal election. Layton died later that year from prostate cancer.
Jack Layton died in August of 2011 after leading the NDP to victory in 103 ridings that year. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
Godin said the leader is key to a party's success, and the NDP hasn't been the same since the loss of Layton.
"We cannot bring Jack back," he said. "I wish we could."
Under the leadership of Thomas Mulcair, Singh's predecessor, the party came in third, with 44 seats, in the last election.
"We should've been the party in power, the last time in 2015, and we lost the election," he said.
Alexa McDonough was leader of the federal NDP when it won 21 seats in 1997.
Godin is still hopeful the NDP can revive itself but said the party has to do its part — particularly in New Brunswick.
He is encouraging party supporters to take another step and become candidates before the election is called in two weeks.
"It's time to bring it out," said Godin, who can't imagine voting for any party but the NDP. "The train is going by, it's getting late."
