This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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NDP Leader Tom Mulcair recently confessed during an interview that his several decisions during TV debates and the niqab stance contributed to the party’s declining popularity among voters. He admitted to be partly response for the NDP’s third-place finish but still stressed that he should be leading the party into the next election. Mulcair vowed to take the same message to party members ahead of April’s leadership review.
In his remarks, Mr Muclair stated that “there were shortcomings in that campaign, and of course I take full responsibility for it,” adding that “[the niqab] hurt us terribly. It was measured. I can share with you that the polling we did showed we dropped over 20 points in 48 hours here in Quebec because of the strong stand I took on the niqab.” He pointed out that party was ranked higher in the polls when former Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an election last August. However, short-sighted desire to hold on to that lead made the party risk-averse. Mulcair revealed that “we were extremely cautious. We had never been at that level before heading into a campaign and didn’t know, perhaps, what to do to manage that lead,” adding that “there was a sense in the campaign team, which was ‘OK let’s hold on to what we’ve got.'”
Quite noticeably, Mulcair has cleaned house since the election as the party’s former executive director Anne McGrath, chief of staff Alain Gaul and director of communications, Shawn Dearn, are all no longer serving in their positions.
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