Oh, the choices are grim! Oh, the choices are bad! The choices we have are just terribly sad! It’s neolib smiles or a jackboot that kicks, A terrible choice—what a horrible fix.

But wait! Do not sulk! Do not sigh! Do not stew! There’s plenty, oh plenty, oh plenty to do!

We’ll challenge the rich! We’ll shatter their lie. We’ll not let the fascists take us for a ride! We’ll make the elite shake and shiver with fear— Oh, change can be coming, and change can start here!

They did a great Canadian accent.

Always pleased at the effort they make to make the voices realistic.

Not a bad bit. None of the choices are good, even looking at fringe ones these days.

Greens are back with May as co leader, after having previously appointed a person based solely on DEI principles and watching that person burn the party horribly. Turns out appointing a black lesbian jewish pro-palestine lawyer woman didn’t automatically make her a good leader. Like their own party history is now a very clear, tangible, and credible argument against those sorts of initiatives. DEI is good in principle, but implementation has a bunch of issues – and the lefts inability to recognise that, even when literally suffering the consequences, is a problem that will alienate many voters. Even returning to May, is like saying the party has no other viable / worthwhile leaders around, which is a huge mark against in terms of stability for the party. The “pro-environmental” party should’ve had a significant uptick given all the climate disasters, like seeing towns burn to the ground. But they’re so warped in their politics now, their core messaging so scattershot amongst a bunch of harder-left wing concepts, that it’s dysfunctional as a party at best.

The NDP have Jagmeet Singh, who’s overtly racial in his politics. He’ll always rush up and hug his ethnic group / favour them at rallies etc – the optics of which isn’t lost on people who aren’t part of his demographic. The basic fact that his leadership win, and support, is heavily racially biased is not exactly a secret, nor is it something that will appeal to anyone outside of his race. Demanding that people who question/highlight this issue be labelled as racists, isn’t going to help the issue. Jagmeet also cratered Weir’s political career based on BS accusations, weaponizing inclusivity policies against a caucasian guy who could’ve been a rival for the leadership. Singh shielded Weir’s (non victim) accuser, when she was accused of misconduct with more tangible evidence (ie. an actual victim stepped forward to accuse her, where none stepped forward to accuse Weir – the victim was a guy though, so apparently the ‘believe the victim’ thing didn’t apply) – Weir got the boot immediately, Moore got coddled. Singh seems like a pampered lawyer from a wealthy background – his private sector work experience being working at his family’s law firm for a couple years. When elected, he just picked up a house in one of the more expensive areas of Vancouver like it was nothing – what’s a few million to a ‘working class’ leader afterall, pocket change. Draped in expensive swag, and with that background he masquerades as a candidate for the working class. Singh stands up and opines about the evil landlord class, while his wife is busy buying up investment condos to provide their family passive income as landlords. Even more, as an overtly religious guy from a minority religion, he alienates many – and faces really difficult challenges in areas such as Quebec. While many attest that it shouldn’t matter, real politics demands a realistic take on the electorate – if your party wants to win, don’t run leaders that explicitly alienate large segments of voters.

Neither alternative party tends to put together a proper platform. The less likely you are to have to make good on your commitments, the more extravagant you can make your promises. Yes, the two main parties fail frequently to deliver, but they’re still more realistic in scope during election time.