r/canadaleft • u/cormundo • 55m ago
I am interested in volunteering in the election, but i am not sure which party to volunteer for. I am leaning towards the liberals (sorry) but I would love more input from proper leftists.
Hello all,
I am an American living in Montreal, so I am quite interested in the current political situation and want to do something to push the needle. I have always identified as a leftist, but i find recent events are making me more of a liberal. I dont know as much about Canadian politics as I do about american, so I would love some convincing as to which of my three options (libs, NDP, green) i should put my time towards.
The reason i find myself shunted towards the liberals is quite personal - I work in international aid, and the US funding cuts gave endangered my job. I have a vested interest in a slightly interventionist international order. I want an globalist order that rewards higher education and makes the career decisions that i and people around me worth it. I want an order that funds science and academia, pays for free health care as much as it can, and ensures a healthy balance between nationalism and internationalism. I also believe richer countries have a duty to put money towards things internationally that improve peoples lives in worse places, which also builds soft power and “democratic” western blocks. I would love to see Canada join the EU. I’ve got stocks so i also do participate in the stupid economic system that they built to hook us in.
That said, I am also further left in many ways. Im very anti war, pro worker, concerned about climate change, believe the government should nationalize natural resources and heavily tax the billionaire class, blame landlords much much more than immigrants for the housing crisis, and think the liberal establishment has failed us in many ways. Of course, the authoritarian nightmare that is conservatism is a worse option, but what we have isnt great…
So, who should i help? Which party reflects my views?
