Should the Liberals and NDP merge?

[Machjo]

But Gilbert, if you remove partisanship you take all the uncivilized brutish fighting spirit out of the system? What, you think the system would work better if politicians were more civilized and actually tried to work together on a united front as a team instead of swinging daggers at each other all the time?

OK, I concede that it would, but then where would all the fun go for those looking for gladiatorial bloodlust?

 

[Bar Sinister]

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How do you think independents get along in politics? A lot of people get by in life without belonging to any particular group under a particular tag.

I will let facts speak for me.

Your comments about independents in Canadian politics overlook one very important point. How many do we have in areas of Canada other than Nunavut? I would guess less than a dozen for the entire country and I am including provincial legislatures as well as the federal government.

Regarding Nunavut BTW, it is not a really special case. The territories with their small populations have tended to stay away from party politics as is the case in most municipal areas in Canada. With only about 80,000 people the entire population of Nunavut would hardly make up a mid-sized town in the rest of Canada and it is not unusual that it has followed that model. Not politicizing municipal politics is also one of the major differences between Canada and the US. It is interesting to note, however, that in federal elections in Nunavut the successful candidates usually consist members of one of the major parties.

 

[emily cummings]

why merge? why not form a coalition?

 

[AnnaG]

[Your comments about independents in Canadian politics overlook one very important point. How many do we have in areas of Canada other than Nunavut? I would guess less than a dozen for the entire country and I am including provincial legislatures as well as the federal government.

Big deal. If there were no parties, they'd all be independents.

Regarding Nunavut BTW, it is not a really special case. The territories with their small populations have tended to stay away from party politics as is the case in most municipal areas in Canada. With only about 80,000 people the entire population of Nunavut would hardly make up a mid-sized town in the rest of Canada and it is not unusual that it has followed that model. Not politicizing municipal politics is also one of the major differences between Canada and the US. It is interesting to note, however, that in federal elections in Nunavut the successful candidates usually consist members of one of the major parties.

So population size regulates whether parties exist or not? roflmao Or is that the higher the population, the more parties are needed? Then why does the US have only 2 major parties and we have 3?

 

[TenPenny]

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnaG

Apparently, Anna it makes you feel better about yourself to include the occasional irrelevant dig in your posts. I will let facts speak for me.
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Now, that's funny.

 

[JLM]

Regarding Nunavut BTW, it is not a really special case. The territories with their small populations have tended to stay away from party politics as is the case in most municipal areas in Canada. With only about 80,000 people the entire population of Nunavut would hardly make up a mid-sized town in the rest of Canada and it is not unusual that it has followed that model.

Actually Nunavut's population would be closer to 32,000. :smile:

 

[Bar Sinister]

Big deal. If there were no parties, they'd all be independents.

So population size regulates whether parties exist or not? roflmao Or is that the higher the population, the more parties are needed? Then why does the US have only 2 major parties and we have 3?

Never been able to make the quote thing work. You are just going to have to get used to it. BTW I have no idea what roflmao means either.

And I did not say that population size makes a difference. What I did say was that Nunavut politics resembles small town or municipal politics in that party politics is mostly absent. I am aware of the fact that party politics is also absent in Toronto which has a much greater population. What you seem to have missed is that using Nunuvut as an example of non-party politics in a country of 34 million is overlooking the fact that it exists nowhere else on the provincial or federal level and thus is hardly a workable model for the rest of Canada.