Dear Editor:
The NDP is a united party. An NDP membership is a duel membership, which makes you a member of both the provincial and federal parties. Both Manitoba and Nova Scotia have NDP provincial governments. The taxpayers in Manitoba returned the NDP to government on Oct. 4, 2011 winning the popular vote over the Progressive Conservative party.
In its budget, the government gave the Manitoba taxpayers the largest tax increases in 25 years and have given up hope of balancing the budget. If an election was held today, the Opposition Progressive Conservative party would win government. A very sad state of affairs for a government that only won re-election in October of 2011.
The taxpayers in Nova Scotia voted in an NDP government on June 9, 2009, the first time ever. The NDP ran a election platform promising no tax increases.
What happened? Increase in taxes, and funding cuts to health and education. If an election was held today, the Opposition Liberals would form government. The Nova Scotia NDP have given up hope of balancing the budget.
As the taxpayers in Nova Scotia are so fed up with the NDP, the government is holding off on calling an election and might go the full five-year term. Once again, what the NDP is known for; one-term governments, just like that of Dave Barrett in B.C. and Bob Rae in Ontario.
I don't believe that the B.C. NDP are happy about the upcoming B.C. election because of what is happening under NDP rule in Manitoba and Nova Scotia.
The Alberta legislature has only four NDP MLAs. In Saskatchewan, the NDP was down to only nine seats and their leader lost his own seat, and federally the province does not have any MPs. The NDP in Ontario has 17 MLAs and is the third party in the province. Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island don't have NDP MLAs. Newfoundland has only five.
Federally, they are in third place in the polls with the Liberals taking second place behind the Conservative government.
Joe Sawchuk, via email
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