Dear editor:

Hi, all: Polling data for the coming election indicates that this election is a two-party race.

NDP support nationally has tanked, and, in fact, even in its best electoral times, the NDP has never formed a federal government.

In our new, smaller Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake riding, the NDP has always run a fairly distant third, and the new riding no longer includes Fort Erie, where many NDP votes were concentrated. The NDP will not win this riding this time.

The NDP supported our recent Liberal minority government and successfully achieved major new policies/programmes advocated by the NDP.

In fact, historically, it has been Liberal governments that have actually enacted and implemented any NDP-advocated policies that have been legislated.

So, for NDP supporters, the Liberal Party is the best choice if the NDP is not going to win, which seems clearly the case this time.

Therefore, I suggest NDP supporters in our Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake riding very seriously consider voting Liberal this time.

A strong national government is critical this time, given the Trump factor/threat. I believe traditional NDP voters’ (and independents and “third party” voters, like the Greens, as well) best bet this time is to vote Liberal.

Rick Kirby
NOTL