A way forward for the NDP is not so much in countering the Liberals as it is about capturing the main anti-establishment thrust from the Conservatives.
What Canada needs is a re-engagement and recalibration of the role of the MP, rooted not so much in a drastic change in formal powers as much as it is a respect for the powers that they already have. Surveys of former parliamentarians commonly express the fact that, in contrast to the well-organized, staffed, and funded Office of the Prime Minister, MPs enter office with little training or understanding of their role—outside of toeing the party line—and how they can affect change.
