Earle McCurdy is out of retirement; I don’t think anyone
will envy him his new job.
The position which the NDP finds itself is reflected in the
most recent CRA Poll which gives the Party 13%; Abacus reports 9%. McCurdy had better have a new plan; the
numbers are proof it will be tough to get more than one or two Members
re-elected. Impending boundary changes won’t help.
Like the Tories, the NDP risks being steam-rolled by a
Liberal juggernaut as default to that Party is the public’s only option.
McCurdy is intelligent, experienced, and offers management, strategic,
and organizational skills. He is well
suited to the job. The bigger question
is whether his world-view has been jaded by too many fish fights with the
private sector and with government. Does he possesses a renewal mind-set; one
that will put claim to a new NDP political model to replace one most certainly broken?
