The left is weak, the right is mean and the middle is drifting

Does anybody here know how to play this game?

My Québécois readers will enjoy this trip down memory lane with Dany Vervaine. It’s a caricature of a ditzy chamomile leftie from a different century that’s still funny today. Maybe my lovely friends on the left should take this into consideration as they move towards electing a new leader and perhaps managing not to become extinct.

Did you know there was a leadership race on the left? Can’t blame you. If you heard about it, it was probably about the “cis” thing, which you may or may not have followed.

Look, I’m about as woke as they get and I do applaud the NDP’s effort to make the race friendly to humans who aren’t straight white guys. But man. I mean, person. Does it have to be this painful?

I am on the side that’s fighting the rise of right-wing autocrats (read the book!). But y’all ain’t helping. You’re so focused on culture war issues and speech policing that you’re losing everyone who’s not on the extreme left. And while I realize you suck at math about as much as I do, let me remind you that the number of Canadians who aren’t on the extreme left is “a hell of a lot.”