Critical Perspectives and Reflections

By: BILL LEE There may be hope indeed that the Ontario NDP has learned from the last election performance. In a piece in the Toronto Star, (http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/09/12/andrea_horwath_what_the_ndp_learned_from_the_recent_ontario_campaign.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter ) the leader of the now third party in Ontario, Andrea Howrath writes: "It has been a long summer of reflection for me and for our party." and "There are important lessons to learn from our recent campaign." and again, "...our core values of compassion and justice remain the bedrock of our party and remain my heart and soul." All good and appropriately humble from the leader who took the NDP from Official Opposition to third party status. One point in her piece bothered me however, early on she states: "Some of our most committed activists couldn’t hear the values of the party that we love expressed clearly enough." Doesn't this appea...