No talk about stopping imports from China, or rezoning real estate for density so we can actually utilize mass transit, or targeting our forestry and mining sectors; its like its designed to cater to a specific block of voters that will be unaffected.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Straight from Lewis'es web site:

Finally, it's time to put the weight of the federal government behind ending the apartment ban in big cities once and for all by making pro-density zoning reform a condition for receiving federal housing funds. Building a small apartment building should be as straightforward as building a single-family home anywhere in the country. Without better zoning rules, there is not enough land in our cities to meet the need for new units.

I'm sure he'll talk a lot more about this and many other planks as the NDP begins campaigning around the country. So you'd probably hear about most.

Also if you hear what he has to say on oil&gas expansion like here, he clearly says this isn't about hitting workers he doesn't care about. Quite the opposite. The conditions of this transition must be made beneficial for oil&gas workers by making new union jobs available before asking workers to abandon their oil&gas jobs. Check his answer on this Q at the link.

[–] Teppa@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Well thats great to hear about housing, thank you. I've believed Eby was the only true progressive in Canada for a long time.

As far as lopping off one of our main exports, thats pretty reckless obviously. Maybe prove the feasibility of green industries first, before we bankrupt ourselves attempting it. All that will happen if living standards fall is you'll get a MAGA style populist government to replace them, as oil jobs are one of the highest efficiency per worker jobs in the country.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

There's no talk on halting oil&gas exports. The talk is about redirecting the public money for expansion of these exports (e.g. 40B for new pipelibe) into non-boom-and-bust industries. Again I'm sure you'll catch more of this in the months to come. I find it's better to listen to what he says, not what someone said he said. Which I guess includes myself. 😄