NDP interim leader Don Davies says his party has become too focused on “identity politics” and has lost its ability to resonate with working people in recent years.
Davies made the comments on the “The Paikin Podcast” hosted by Steve Paikin airing Aug. 28, ahead of the party officially kicking off its search for a new federal leader on Sept. 2.
Davies pointed to the NDP’s poor results in this year’s April 28 election, dropping from 24 seats to seven seats in its worst performance since 1935.
“What is it about us where we were unable to resonate, unable to connect, with working people? One of the questions is, have we veered too much from our class-based analysis to identity politics?” Davies asked. “My own view, this is just me speaking, is that we have.”…