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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys
Its too bad for all the socially progressive fiscal conservatives that Harper's cons combined the right into one party. They knew they could never get elected a majority on their own and they knew the left would continue to split votes. My parent's dislike a lot of the social/environmental conservatisim of the Cons but they will never ever vote for Trudeau because of his father or the NDP because of the provincial NDP. Couple the move to a 2 party system initiated by the Cons, the attack ads, the campain finance reforms which just happen to benefit themselves, the voter registration reforms which just happen to make it harder for people who traditionally do not vote conservative, the robo calls, the quiet dismantling of the CBC from the inside out, and so on; it's beginning to look a lot more like the dysfunctional political system to the south.
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I think that's how I ended up siding with the Libertarian party... Their platform seems to combine the 'good' parts of the right wing - economy, education, etc leaving out the 'bad' social and environmental parts. Meanwhile, they take the 'good' social side of the left wing, and leave out the more welfare state/socialism stuff.
To me, this is the best political platform. It's too bad it's basically a 2 party system, and voting for any small party means you're essentially throwing away your vote (or splitting it, if there are 3 parties competing)