Can the NDP ever form government in Canada?
Of course. We have done in several provinces. What this shows is that there is step-by-step growth of the New Democratic Party. One of our biggest obstacles had been that we had never won a seat in Quebec. We now have a seat in Quebec. If you look at the 2000 election in Quebec we came fifth, we had two per cent of the vote and we were behind the Marijuana Party. Now if you look at today’s polls in Quebec, we’re tied with the Conservatives and the Liberals. It’s a growing process. And look the MPs we have. Half of our members of parliament we have, have experience in government, either provincial cabinet ministers or municipal councillors making wise and important decisions at the local level. It’s not that much different in Ottawa to make wise or important decisions. Some political pundits say that the only way that the NDP can form Government is by moving towards the centre of the political spectrum. How do you respond to that? We’re a party that stands for something. And if people a
