When one senior insider queried how any government would implement so many commitments, he was chided that were only “third-party promises.”The unveiling of the NDP platform on the weekend sparked a feeling of déjà vu. For those who like this sort of thing (interventionism, protectionism, fiscal insanity), this is exactly the sort of thing they’ll like. But the uncosted platform document at least offers the New Democrats a fighting chance against the Liberals and Greens. When Trudeau launched his democratic reform package in 2015 he was in third place, and we know how that panned out. But on the available evidence, Singh is less focused on building than he is on launching a desperate attempt to save the furniture.

Source: National Post June 17, 2019 22:40 UTC