Increasingly, the Conservatives are the only party that actually supports Canadian labour by supporting development of Canada’s natural resources and the jobs that come with that.
There was a time when the NDP supported the development of Canada’s natural resources, including Canadian oil.
That support was largely due to the incredible amount of labour jobs created by the energy industry, and the fact that those jobs often paid very well, giving Canadian labourers a high standard of living.
But that’s not the NDP anymore.
For a long time, the NDP has been shifting away from their traditional support of energy and infrastructure development jobs, towards an anti-development, anti-industry stance that is horrible for workers. It’s part of an overall long-term shift of the NDP away from supporting labourers, and instead focusing on government bureaucrats – who are often paid much more than most Canadians.
That shift could be seen under the Alberta NDP, who massively expanded the government bureaucracy while imposing policies that were devastating for labourers.
But now, Jagmeet Singh has definitively completed the NDP’s betrayal of Canadian labourers.
With his withdrawal of support for the massive LNG project in BC, and with his pledge to completely wipe out the Canadian oil industry (saying Canada can’t rely on oil “at all” going forward), he has fully betrayed Canadian workers.
And now, he’s facing a backlash.
Even the Toronto Star noted that “Union leaders in British Columbia say they are bewildered and disappointed that federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh dialed back his support for natural gas projects that are expected to create thousands of jobs in the province.”
