Legendary NDP leader a symbol of roots and unity
Jack never forgot that justice and human rights were deeply embedded in issues of the environment. Today, too many of us act as if these are somehow separate, and so we are either environmentalists or workers for social justice. To Jack, they were a part of the same struggle for sustainable societies.
- David Suzuki
If one man represented the potential of a NDP / Green Party union in Canada, that gentleman was Jack Layton. People tell me the merger wil take a long time, or that it's a long way off, but I say "why"?
Stephen Harper is still a relatively young man and likely to be Conservative Party leader for another five to ten years. Considering that Liberals have doubled-down on charisma-less, bookish, dorky types in Dion and Ignatieff, it's likely that Justin Trudeau could take the helm of the Liberal Party of Canada for the next decade. And who do we, the NDP and the Greens, have?
Well, nobody.
Except the people...
A union of the Greens and the NDP into the Green Democratic Party of Canada will immediately vault us into equal status with the PCs and the Liberals, returning Cnada to dynamic three party politics, the Bloc having been eclipsed by the NDP in Quebec and likely to be obliterated if progressive forces in Canada are able to meld themselves into a single, green, social democratic entity.
The NDP was born out of a merger of the CCF and other progressive forces, while on the other side of the aisle, the PCs are in power because of their merger with the Reform movement.
If you are willing to accept division and defeat, then encourage environmentalists and social activists to work separately. Should you choose to work hard for a sustainable, just society, consider the profound impact of a united Green Democratic Party in Canada, and how we can change our nation and our planet, for the better.
Pass it on.
Peace 2 All,
Yuya Joe College
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