Today broke grey and raw for New Democrats here in BC: last night was a body blow.

This morning I’m sending solidarity and care to all the progressive organizers - within and beyond electoral politics - who have worked tirelessly over so many years in this province.

It is thanks to your unending effort that we have won and defended all our social gains: queer and disability rights, Indigenous rights, childcare and public health, working conditions and unionization, universal public services and more.

None of these victories came without struggle. And that struggle must continue now, to protect them in every way we can.

But not today. Today is a day to feel all the feelings, find comfort and get some rest.

Tomorrow we rise to fight again.

#canada #britishcolumbia #BC #cdnpoli

  • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
    17·
    3 days ago

    BCNDP shot themselves in the foot and need to move left further. At best they were centrist liberals when it came to workers interests and progressive liberals on social topics. They lost their appeal to the proletariat a long time ago.

    Eby called for a snap election (and probably with support and push of his caucus) for absolutely no reason. They had nothing worthwhile on the table that they wanted to push so badly which needed a majority. And snap elections have failed several times in Canada’s history.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      53·
      3 days ago

      I think they lost support when people started fearing they would loose their homes. No one can argue if that was true or not but people still feared it.

      • Victor Villas@lemmy.ca
        8·
        3 days ago

        No one can argue if that was true or not

        It is really pretty straightforward to argue that it is not true

        • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 days ago

          But Eby himself purposely conflated it with the Gaaxtala case to scare people and make them think it could be true. Because Eby sucks.

          • Victor Villas@lemmy.ca
            3·
            3 days ago

            Yes he contributed to the issue because he chose to validate unfounded fear-mongering, he didn’t want to spend his dwindling political capital on doing the morally right thing to do.

            Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a pretty straightforward case to understand. The problem is not a lack of information, it’s an active misinformation campaign that makes the any explanation fall into infertile grounds.