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Originally Posted by Bill
Say what you like, his criticisms of the two parties and their policies are true enough.
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Exactly. Like some famous guy once said, "I'd rather vote for what I want and not get it, than vote for what I don't want, and get it."
In Canada we've got the Conservatives and the Liberals, very much like the Republicans and the Democrats, and one or the other is always in power. We've also got the NDP which used to be a socialist party, the BQ, a Quebec separatist party, and the Greens.
All of the parties except the Greens have seats in Parliament, so all have at least a minimal say in what goes on there.
I've been in the Greens since '82, and the NDP continually accuses us of "splitting the left vote", even though by Canadian standards we are not a left wing party.
Point is that the status quo parties will always try to stamp out any group that threatens their position by offering a little more democracy.