tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4768247695396578863..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Time for a New New Deal?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69091760898840907882008-10-18T10:49:00.000-07:002008-10-18T10:49:00.000-07:00The closest platform to a new deal approach was th...The closest platform to a new deal approach was the NDP platform that wanted to tackle consumer price gouging, that wanted a freeze on corporate tax cuts and use that money on targetted tax cuts for companies that created green jobs. An infrastructure program that wasn't 'misleading' (to quote John McCallum when he was discussing the Liberal costings). As someone who comes from a very Liberal family (close relative was an lib MP for almost 20years) I honestly think that it is the NDP that took up the progressive and practical mantle and that there is really no ideological centre for the Liberals. The internal split between right and centre left is a chasm in the LPC that will always produce leadership fights and after leadership conventions continuous leadership rumblings just below the surface.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com