up against the wall

[the_siobhan]

In Canada we technically have three major parties. In practice we have two major parties (PC and Liberal) and our small loud socialist self-appointed conscience of the government (NDP). The NDP had been doing pretty well for itself the last few rounds, to the point where they had a real shot at being the power.

But because it's a first-past-the-post system (aka, winner take all) if you really really really have to get rid of the guy from one of the major parties - most people figure they have to vote for the other major party. It's a perception the Liberals have always encouraged, because they benefit from it. As they did yesterday.

I lost my MP, who was a brilliant dedicated man who was very good at his job. I'm pretty unhappy about that. A lot of other really good people lost their seats. (Peggy Nash, Dan Harris - and seriously, how far has the Liberal party fallen that they would even consider letting a fascist racist like Bill Blair represent them?)

But at least Harper *spit* is gone. We can rebuild from that.

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[tcpip]

Canada needs preferential voting; and even before that electoral cooperation between the Liberals and the NDP.