I am deeply suspicious of people on the left who honestly argue that there is no difference between the NDP, the Liberals and the Conservatives.

The differences might not be major, but it is important to understand them. To erase them exposes a weak political grasp...

There are obvious differences. From the policies to the members, from class interests to who funds them, these are all very important differences.

What I think people mean to say when they say there is no difference is at the moment of power, the difference isn't enough...

...they are not different enough. They are certainly not different enough to match their different rhetoric. But that doesn't mean they are The Same. There's a reason why the NDP gets excited to speak at the Canadian Club ...

Because it isn't normal for them. Their upper brass doesn't socialize with Canada's elite. That is an important difference.

Saying this doesn't mean that they should be supported. But we have to understand how the NDP is different if we're going to have any hope of ...

Moving forward, whatever moving forward might look like (and on that question, I'm actually somewhat ambivalent because I can't tell what the true fatal flaw of the NDP really is -- is it the hacks who bounce around over decades, who if ousted would change everything?

Or is it so deeply fucked that the party needs to die? I'm open to debates about this).