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NDP, Liberals compete for title of most effective opposition party
OTTAWA – The NDP may be the official Opposition, but they’re still squabbling with the Liberals over which party is best at opposing Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says his is the only party standing up to the Tory government and will be the only choice for voters who want to get rid of it come the next election in 2015.
Lest anyone forget that the NDP out-polled the Liberals in the 2011 election, Mulcair spoke today about the imminent end of the fall parliamentary session from behind a podium plastered with a huge sign proclaiming “the official Opposition.”
But interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae says Mulcair suffers from the delusion that the Liberal party is dead.
He insists his 35-member caucus has been more effective in holding the government to account than the NDP’s 102 MPs.
Both Mulcair and Rae rule out any kind of electoral co-operation.
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