In making this move, Singh risks getting the same reputation among progressives as former NDP leader Jack Layton, who made a deal with Stephen Harper and Gilles Duceppe to bring down the Martin Liberals in 2005.
The Liberals were doing everything the NDP wanted on the environment (Kyoto), First Nations (Kelowna Accord) and a National Child Care Policy, but some say Layton didn't want the Liberals to get the credit, so he shafted them and let those policies die under a Conservative government.
He's still blamed by many for inflicting on Canada eight years of what progressives saw as Harper misrule. If Singh also shafts the Trudeau Liberals, bringing the Poilievre-led hard-right Conservatives to power just for party advantage, he might end up even more disliked, because Layton was at least popular.
In making this move, Singh risks getting the same reputation among progressives as former NDP leader Jack Layton, who made a deal with Stephen Harper and Gilles Duceppe to bring down the Martin Liberals in 2005.
The Liberals were doing everything the NDP wanted on the environment (Kyoto), First Nations (Kelowna Accord) and a National Child Care Policy, but some say Layton didn't want the Liberals to get the credit, so he shafted them and let those policies die under a Conservative government.
He's still blamed by many for inflicting on Canada eight years of what progressives saw as Harper misrule. If Singh also shafts the Trudeau Liberals, bringing the Poilievre-led hard-right Conservatives to power just for party advantage, he might end up even more disliked, because Layton was at least popular.