A cynic might wonder whether New Democrats are feeling uneasy about their public image
On Wednesday, a little more than a week after the Liberals and New Democrats announced a historic confidence-and-supply agreement, NDP MP Laurel Collins rose in the House of Commons and attacked the government’s new climate plan, saying it lacks “ambition” and offers “massive subsidies to unproven carbon capture technology.”
“The government continues to put the interests of big oil and gas above protecting the workers who are impacted by the climate crisis,” she said.
Maybe Collins would have been even less generous if the Liberal-NDP accord didn’t exist. But her critical read of the Liberal plan might dash any thoughts that the new governing agreement means Liberals and New Democrats will spend the next three years holding hands and singing the old CCF campaign song.
The NDP’s public image wasn’t always complete shiite but they’re Singhing a different tune now.
