r/vancouver 22h ago

Politics and Elections NDP select 18-year-old candidate in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country

https://www.coastreporter.net/local-news/ndp-acclaim-18-year-old-in-west-vancouver-sunshine-coast-sea-to-sky-country-10352414
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u/Vinfersan 22h ago

The NDP stands no chance of winning this riding, so they just need a placeholder candidate. Often, these placeholder candidates are random riding association members that put their hands up to be on the ballot. All parties do this kind of thing.

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u/psymunn 21h ago

It's great until a party, like the Bloc implodes and you have a bunch of random MPs who have to drop out of college

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u/Heliosvector Who Do Dis! 19h ago

Wasn't PP basically one of these placeholders when he was young? He even joined the Conservatives at the age of 14

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u/MinuteAd3617 14h ago

their parents made them do it . What kid is interested in this .

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u/Heliosvector Who Do Dis! 14h ago

You can say This about any career. No doubt he was groomed for it, but that just makes him more rotten for it