NDP must counter Poilievre’s skill harnessing anger of people who feel left behind, say labour experts

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's union endorsements represented only five per cent of the province’s union membership, but signalled to voters that Conservatives could be working class champions, says labour studies professor Larry Savage.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been putting in the work to connect with voters in rural ridings and workers in resource industries, says former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom, just like Jack Layton had to do when he made the jump from Toronto city politics. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

July 11, 2022

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s union endorsements in the province’s June election were more a media coup than a real shift in the labour landscape, say labour experts and NDP strategists, but they reinforced a wider perception that conservative parties are becoming a...

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