US EditionLabour Vote Splitting as Canada’s Political Parties Battle for Workers’ Support
The New Democratic Party's traditional labour base is eroding as Conservative and Liberal parties adjust policies; about 25% of workers have consistently voted Conservative, experts say.
- The NDP faced a grim election night shutdown in Ontario during the recent federal election, losing all union-heavy ridings like Hamilton and Windsor.
- Over the past ten years, both the Liberal and Conservative parties have adjusted their approaches to better engage with organized labour, weakening the NDP’s traditional support base among union members.
- Jagmeet Singh, then NDP leader, delivered a Labour Day message a year ago promising to stand with workers and unions, but was met with cold reception from some auto workers amid tariff news.
- Senator Hassan Yussuff noted union voters number about four million, saying unions aren't monolithic and 25% of workers have traditionally voted Conservative, while right-wing populists soften anti-union rhetoric.
- The NDP and organized labour acknowledge the need to reconnect with workers as other parties court unions in a shifting political landscape influenced by working-class voters moving right.
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Labour vote splitting as Canada's political parties shift policies to attract workers' support
Where labour unions and workers were once a safe vote for the NDP, the party can no longer count on their support as Conservatives and Liberals shift policies to attract organized labour.
Labour vote splitting as Canada's political parties battle for workers' support (Canada)
A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working Canadians and the unions that work to protect their rights. Six months later, Singh stood outside of an auto plant in Windsor, Ont. during the federal...
Labour vote splitting as Canada’s political parties battle for workers’ support
A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working Canadians and the unions that work to protect their rights.
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Labour vote splitting as Canada's political parties battle for workers' support
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