Ok so in 2003 the right wing (Canadian Alliance + Progressive Conservative Party) united into one party (Conservative Party).
But in the left wing we are heavily split, if you add up Green + Liberal + NDP you get a good majority of 60% of the vote. The only reason the conservatives are in power right now is because they cleverly united to provide right wingers only one voting option. But for the left wing, we have 3 different flavours to choose from. Some would argue that liberals are "center" and that green's are hardly left either, but many left wingers are so concerned about the environment they just see green and vote for them. As for the liberals, almost any left winger would take the libs over the conservatives any day of the week, so there's no dispute there, even if they are a center-ish party.
So in the end the left wing voters have 3 flavours to choose from, and of course the 60% of canadians who are left-minded end up splitting their vote and somehow the 32% right wingers get the government...
It's a pretty pathetic state of affairs, it is obvious we are not a right-wing country, but so long as the right is united and the left is divided we end up with a completely inaccurate portrayal of the countries beliefs in our governing party. I don't want canada to be a two party system like down south, where the left and right both united into two mega parties that are barely distinguishable. But so long as the right is united, and so long as the left wing has so many parties to choose from, how will the true voice of canada be delivered in the governng party? I just feel so sad that a country in which 65% don't like harper ends up with him as PM, something seems broken here.
Thoughts?
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