Jumpin said:
A Liberal minority, but a de facto majority since (from my understanding) the Bloc Québécois generally don't show up when the issues covered in the House of Commons don't pertain to Quebec. So subtract their 11.5 seats from 172, and that line moves back to 161 for the de facto majority... most days! They have a few slippery floor tiles to walk around, they just have to make sure they don't piss off both the BQ and NDP. My personal opinion - being someone who is on the far left, economically speaking - NDP is actually closer to my values in that regard. I'm a big UBI guy, and I also believe strongly in investing in automation and any infrastructure that allows for the artisanal industry to thrive... although, Greens are more the UBI party, not NDP. The Greens need to do a lot better in Canada. Careny's an egghead, so I'm quite happy that he's at the helm, rather than someone who is more or less just branding. We'll see what happens. And I'll be voting for the first time in Canada in the next election. |
I would vote Green, did last time, but thanks to the winner takes all system people give up on smaller parties, including me this time.
Last time green got 6.55% of the votes, good for 22 seats but only got 4. 85% of Green voters were not represented.
This time only 1.2% of people still voted for Green, and again 75% of those are not represented, 1 seat instead of 4.
NDP is heading the same way, should have had 55 seats last election but only got 24. Now they should still get 22 seats but only get 7. 68% of NDP voters are not getting representation in parliament.
Liberal is the big winner in the current system, they took an extra 44 seats last time, still getting an extra 19 seats this time.
The conservatives won the popular vote last time, but lost 3 seats with the current system. (This time they are even with the popular vote)
At least the government is a bit more representative of the people for the next 4 years, last term was very lopsided.
