Most Canadians who plan on voting for the Liberal party are more motivated to stop the Conservatives from winning the election rather than endorsing the party’s vision and leader, according to a new poll released on Monday.

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    8 months ago

    Instead they should vote for the NDP. The only party that truly cares about the biddle class.

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        8 months ago

        Except it pretty much is a two party system with extra steps.

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            8 months ago

            That’s part of the problem though. We can ignore our problems compared to the glaring ones next door.

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              8 months ago

              Why are minority gouvernements a problem? That’s when parties have to make compromises with the NDP and have no choice but to vote on stuff that finally benefit the middle class.

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                8 months ago

                I replied to the wrong comment. I meant to reply to someone saying at least we’re better than America.

                I think minority governments are a big pro of our system.

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              8 months ago

              I would be fine with minority governments for the foreseeable future.

              As you said, better policy tends to result when there needs to be some level of cross-party cooperation in order to get anything done.

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              8 months ago

              This could just be a feature of getting good things when we give the NDP a larger share of power than usual, though. The Liberals didn’t want universal healthcare, it was a concession given to the NDP because they had to. But it’s not like a majority NDP situation at the time wouldn’t have passed it.

              Much the same as dental care today. What exactly are the Liberals bringing to the table other than acting as gatekeepers making sure the system isn’t as expansive as it could be?

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      8 months ago

      ABC. Anything but conservative. FPTP is winner takes all, so vote for Liberal or NDP depending on who’s more likely to get in in your area. And pray to whatever force may be that someone puts in a sensible voting system at some point.

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          8 months ago

          That the real source of the problem though, isn’t it?

          The lack of citizen participation in our democracy. That’s one thing I admire about the system in the US and France. Anybody can represent themselves and get elected. I feel in Canada it’s a lot more complicated.

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            8 months ago

            I don’t know much about the political landscape in France, but in the US you have to be wealthy to achieve political office above a certain level. When’s the last time a poor person became their President?